Locative-spatial identification of urban elements with emphasis on physical-functional components (Case study: Indigenous housing of the western plain of Guilan)

,Nowaday the commodification of housing and attention to the profitability of this sector, has led to a lack of attention to traditional patterns and identity-building elements in the design of construction. Considering the importance of housing and its identity, the purpose of this study is to investigate the spatial identification of urban housing with emphasis on physical-functional components and their application in designing future housing in order to achieve sustainable identity and promote a sense of place in the western plain Guilan (Talesh, Someehsara and Rezvanshahr cities). In this regard, research method is applied with descriptive-analytical in nature, which has been used to collect information from documentary-field method (observation, interview and questioning). The statistical population of the research is also the housing of the studied cities, which has used the purposeful sampling method to select the sample size. Also have been used for data analysis of variation analysis, regression and Pearson coefficients. The research findings show that the greatest impact on the identification of housing in the study area is based on physical-functional indicators related to the component of housing adaptation with other spaces and functions. Also it can be said that the most important factor in the spatial-spatial identification of the western plains of Gilan is similarity/differentiation (similarity of houses with each other in the region and differentiation with the settlements of other regions).