Studying the Qualitative and Quantitative Roles of Ivan in Traditional Houses and Revitalization them in the Shape of the Terrace

Nowadays the population growth and immigration caused expansion of cities a great concern in many ways, such asconstruction of new cities, vertical expansion of cities and residential complexes and rapid growth of apartments in largescales. The house which is the main part of the city once was a fusion of diverse spaces with quality and functionalitysuch as room, yard, Ivan, porch or terrace which could respond the functional and psychological needs of humans andthe architectural richness and improving the quality of life. For example indeed the residents integrated themselvesinto the space through making physical or visual connection between Ivan and yard and this will improve the quality oflife. Nowadays, due to removal of the yard and Ivan in apartment designs and its replacement with improper terraces(balcony), the efficiency of housing quality has decreased, and because this sort of imported housing is not in harmonywith its unique residents in many aspects such as privacy and possessing good perspective, therefore, the residentsliterally do not reside in them but accustomed to this type of living. In order to make living in the apartments harmoniousand compatible with that traditional and independent housing and also reduce its unfavorable agents, this study aimsto explore the role of frontal Ivan of the traditional and vernacular architecture and its revival in terrace format intoday’s apartment as a potential possibility of today’s life. This qualitative-interpretative investigation used the correlationmethod and used questionnaires, interviews and case studies to gather the data. The main question of this study isas follows: How we can make terrace as a living space, efficient, multi-functional and qualitative with correct location,optimum size and design principles? And what are the new solutions for adapting to unfavorable agents of terrace andholistic integration in one alternative for designing of terrace? The Results of analyzing 100 questionnaires and surveyof 400 terraces in three to five story apartments in Tehran are presented as the findings about determining of theappropriate and effective factors, the logic of establishment and effective principles of quality of which are the followings:designing overall windows between terrace and living room with zero O.K.B in order to reconciliation these two spacesin particular cases for enhancing living space and improvisation external windows for terrace in order to completethe above notion and also active using of it in cold days. Considering at least 2.5 meters depth for terrace in order tocreate a multifunctional place as a place for living, sleeping, dining, kids’ game and the possibility of planting flowersaiming at promoting the internal view and perspective, and also a connection with nature, empowering connection withgreen environment and the obviation of deprivation issue; that is a place capable of reviving Ivan and yard in smallerscales and new format. For ordering spare utensils and foodstuff, a cupboard should be installed in order to avoid visualdisarray of the building’s appearance as well as avoiding these appliances to get dirty.... Keywords: Apartments, Ivan, Housing Quality, Multi-Functional, Terrace