INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF CLIMATIC ELEMENTS ON URBAN ARCHITECTURE: A CASE STUDYIN GARMAB

Climate is an important and effective factor in biological comfort in human environments. In this regard, housing as a shelter protects humans against heat and cold and environmental disasters, and is directly related with climate. This research tries to study the climatic condition of Garmab to provide guidelines for creating comfort through appropriate building designs which are compatible with climate of the region. For this purpose, the required meteorological statistics for a statistical period (from their establishment until 2011) was obtained from the meteorological data sites.Then this information was analyzed applying the library studies method. First, the Karimi, Domarten and Amberze classification methods were used to specify the climate type. Then, Mahoney method was applied to evaluate the thermal comfort indices of the city. At the end, proper strategies were offered for greater consistency between architecture and the climate.

Architecture, Climatic Design, Mahoney Indices, Degree of Comfort, Garmab City