Moral Thoughts and Principles in the Spatial Structure of Iranian Traditional Houses (case study of confidentiality and privacy)

As one of the criteria and indicators for understanding existential aspects of human, ethics has had a great influence on the spatial structure of the Iranian traditional houses for a long time. Confidentiality and privacy which is a social concept are key moral values and the basis of attention to human dignity and esteem, and mean people’s right to be supported against others’ unallowable intervention in their lives. The purpose of this study is to analyze and evaluate the moral values in the spatial structure of the Iranian traditional houses focusing on the “confidentiality and privacy”. The method of the study is descriptive-analytic. First, through library research techniques, the concepts related to this issue were derived from several books of scholars, thinkers and Islamic verses and traditions, and then the role of confidentiality and privacy in the spatial structure of the Iranian traditional houses has been discussed and interpreted. The results of the study show that confidentiality and privacy are very important issues among Iranians and people have used Islamic verses and traditions as their model in this special field. On the other hand, confidentiality and privacy in the spatial structure of Iranian traditional houses have special manifestation that can be clearly seen in different aspects of spatial structure including awning, entrance and vestibule.