THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ORDER TO COMPARE IRAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH FIVE MODERN SUSTAINABLE CITY IN THE WORLD (CASE STUDY: VANCOUVER, COPENHAGEN, OSLO, CURITIBA AND MASDAR)

Industrial revolution in conjunction to over complacency of the modern human has led to irreversible effects on both nature and humans alike. In fact it was after the materialization of such negative effects that humans began to extend more attention to the environment, extinction of some species of animals and various social problems. Accordingly, people took measures to prevent these issues and decided on a establishing a pattern of sustainable urban development. In some developed countries, policy makers have put forth a wide range of solutions for cities to rectify prevailing social problems, to cut down on consumption of energy, etc. In this regard, Iranian architects had devised solutions and strategies in the past. Unfortunately, the use of these traditional patterns and the application of novel solutions being used in other countries are hardly noticeable in the contemporary architecture of Iran. One of the reasons f is the non-existent of a comprehensive set of principles for urban sustainability. This research which has been conducted based on a descriptive-analytical and qualitative method It aims to introduce models, derived from traditional architecture with sustainability issues in modern cities in the world and offering solutions, it has been the strategic direction.. Throughout the process of the current research, first and foremost, the objectives of human communities resorting to sustainable development have been studied in three separate domains, namely environmental, social and economic. Next, five case samples from cities of Vancouver, Copenhagen, Oslo, Curitiba and Masdar City - whose scopes of developments conform to the policies of sustainability approved by Agenda 21-have been studied and reviewed in detail based on the assumption that the solutions which were applied to sustainability of the said cities can also be implemented in the Country of Iran as well. Then, reasons and features of sustainability of ancient Iranian cities are considered and afterwards these cities of old Iran are compared to five cases of sustainable cities of the modern world and all common and non-common (new solutions) points pertinent to both cases which have the potential of being implemented in the Country of Iran have been extracted. To be performed traditional Iranian architecture to modern. Finally, some principles and solutions in three fields of environment, society and economy and their related sub-categories have been put forth for permanent stabilization and long term sustainability of contemporary Iranian cities with the objective that such provision are applied in the future by policy makers in their efforts of creating a sustainable pattern of development.., society and economy and their related sub-categories have been put forth for permanent stabilization and long term sustainability of contemporary Iranian cities with the objective that such provision are applied in the future by policy makers in their efforts of creating a sustainable pattern of development.