Sustainable Identification Elements of Indigenous Housing with Emphasis on the Percussion Approach (Case study: Talesh)

Space and urban elements cannot be understood without knowing their identity, and everything that arises from this identity originates from the tactics, tricks, techniques and innovations of planners, designers and architects based on the cultural, social and economic components of a nation and political and environmental conditions it rules a place. Over time, identity manifests itself in both stable and unstable (critical) forms.

The purpose of this study is to identify the elements of stable identity in the native dwellings of Talesh with emphasis on the percussion approach.

The research method in the present study is a combination of quantitative-qualitative approaches with analytical-exploratory nature which to analyze the data have been used the model of least squares in Warp-PLS software and qualitative methods of contextualization (ethnography) and rhythm analysis. The statistical population of the study is the housing of Talesh city, the sample size is estimated based on the modified Cochran model 340 housing.

The geographical area of the research includes Talesh city and its housing.

Findings show that the most important elements of sustainable identity in the native dwellings of Talesh are related to environmental elements (E), cultural elements (C) and functional elements (F), which based on the structural model, the extracted coefficients are 0.63, 0.48 and 0.43 respectively.

The results indicate that climatic conditions along with the simultaneous presence of several rhythms such as cultural values and functional needs in the cyclical and linear course of time have played a major role in shaping the sustainable identity of native dwellings in Talesh.