Design and modification of a residential context in Tehran's District 22 with a multi-scale approach

In today’s world as the rate of urbanization is soaring to a dramatic measure, the economic and environmental effects of energy consumption in cities are being clearly sensed. Due to their huge sizes and complexity of their context, the situation is much severe in mega-cities and the necessity of taking more energy efficient and sustainable approaches towards new constructions and urban development is becoming very urgent in them. With this context, Tehran as a metropolis with an extraordinary rapid rate of urbanization, and notorious for its rankings in energy consumption and its polluted environment is absolutely one of the most needful cities of the world. The main aim of this thesis is to suggest an alternative approach to the development manner currently practices in Tehran. Applying Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM®), this task has been accomplished with a holistic approach and the intervention is practiced in a multi-scale manner. The relationship between morphology and energy efficiency has been studied in urban scale, neighborhood scale, and architectural scale, then modification and design have been carried out accordingly. Certain technological solution has been proposed in architectural scale, and the whole envelope of the building has been technologically designed. Moreover, the main structural features of the designed are proposed by the authors.

L’attuale tasso di urbanizzazione mondiale sta crescendo a livelli drammatici. Gli effetti economici e gli effetti esterni di consumo energetico stanno diventando chiaramente sentiti. A causa della dimensione e della complessità del problema le metropoli risultano più soggette a ciò, tanto da dover approcciare ad uno sviluppo più efficiente e sostenibile per la loro urbanizzazione. In questo contesto Tehran, come metropoli dall’alto tasso di urbanizzazione, è nota per la sua cattiva classificazione per il grosso consumo energetico, associato ad un elevato tasso di inquinamento. Il punto principale di questa tesi è quello di presentare un approccio alternativo allo sviluppo urbano di Tehran. Applicando l’Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM®), possiamo adempiere a questo problema; nello specifico con un approccio più completo, sensibile all’efficienza e con l’introduzione di una metodologia multi-piano si può raggiungere la sostenibilità.