In Search for Criteria for a Rural Housing Model in Kurdistan Province Field Study: Cities of Divanaddreh & Bijar

Owing to the fact that Iran has proven to having earthquake, particularly after the Bam Earthquake, reviewing the housing construction policies in terms of retrofitting and optimization is one of the priorities of the plans of the ministries involved in the field of construction; therefore, Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation considered preparing a Rural Housing Model as an applied project. For this purpose, the Deputy for Research of the University of Kurdistan started preparing Rural Housing Models in Kurdistan Province through field studies and library method. In this study, emphasizing a systematic-based approach, it has been attempted that the models conform to the endemic conditions, living needs and environmental characteristics as much as possible; to achieve this goal, the matrix, social and geographical characteristics, the three foundations in designing Housing Model, were taken into consideration. The purpose of the findings of the studies are to reach a type of model adopted from endemic housing been conformed to the modern living conditions; in the cities of Divanaddreh and Bijar, because of its plain conditions, endemic housing is the result of spatial-local development in spatial cells; each cell is dependant upon geographical and living factors or upon a type of a variable dependant on them; these two variables determine the form and number of base cells; each spatial cell will be meaningful in relation with other cells and has been evolved. In this chain and cell-like system which is called "Cellularization", the cells are combined together like meaningful units of a puzzle in order to form a preplanned totality. Thus, depending on the owner's needs, few cells can be increased or decreased in any number of specified models provided that the minimum biological needs are not dented. Obviously, all the points related to the concepts of housing and identity, welfare conditions, stable development and ideal structural conditions will be taken into account in designing models.