From Houses to Housing Yazd as a Model of Urban Residential Development from Family Collections (Neighborhoods) to Apartment Blocks

Housing is a basic human need. Due to its distinctions from other human needs، it has a special standpoint in economy، politics، culture and society as any changes in any of the above sections may considerably affect this section. This fundamental and primary need (housing) has many diversities and varieties in City of Yazd. This diversity has been caused by the city''s economic، social، living، occupational، religious، artistic، geogrophical، historical، cultural and community factors. Sometimes، living places have been manifested as a house in its general concept. Thus، residence، employment، leisure and top kinship ties have been emerged in family collections as small communities called houses. However، housing has the special meaning of residential place in today''s life. The present work folowed such an investigation and attempted to highlight substantial differences of housing from houses. This research was a historical and descriptive survey. Also، several groups of some models were examined and the results indicated that today''s housing was the result of gradual reduction in the identity and operation of traditional houses. This kind of housing as a borrowed and single functional model for residence or a hostel has been developed without finding any replacements for the physical elements in traditional houses.