Evaluation of Health Housing Characteristics in Kashan; Case study: Air Health

Today, the issue of providing health through environmental regulation has become an urgent need. The main issue of this research is to find the indicators and pattern of the type of housing that provides health through air, ventilation and respiration based on traditional medicine. The research is further aimed at studying successful examples of traditional and contemporary housing in Kashan to discover the quality of indoor air. The practical purpose of the research is helpful in exploring the feasibility of traditional housing. The type of research is interdisciplinary and qualitative with reasoning, analytical and case study methods. Indicators of the study were determined by interviewing medical and architectural researchers, and the results were verified by using Design Builder, a software for energy analysis. The required data was collected by searching library resources and articles published in reputable medical and architectural journals, and in order to deepen the understanding of the subject some exploratory interviews were also conducted. According to the results, the health of housing in Kashan depends on the indicators that have the ability to balance the heat and dry air with humidity and coolness and save the indoor from hot and dry air outside. These indicators include optimal location, climate design based on seasonal or daily migration, priority of open and semi-open spaces over closed spaces, linkage of spaces, enclosure for pollution control, architectural and natural interaction, balance between space and air function and application of indigenous patterns. In contemporary houses of Kashan, the lack of natural air flow due to the location of openings in a single wall, deprivation of open and covered spaces with livelihood function and the priority of sunbathing over wind flow is one of the most important factors of inefficiency.