The Companionship of Shadow and Sun (an Investigation into the Influence of Solar Energy on Architectural Framework of Traditional Houses in Kerman)

Years before the discovery and usage of fossil fuel, in different parts of the world and also in Iran, architecture used to form under the influence of geographical and climatic conditions. For the lack of facilities and high intellectual ability of architects, architecture and construction was sensible about the nature and variety in climatic conditions used to cause the diversity of architecture in different lands. Architecture complex harmonized with the existing conditions and nature used to apply the benefit by the recycled sources. Meanwhile, as a study sample, a traditional house in Kerman Province (Rostam Farrokhzad's house located on Shohada street) with a high climate and latitude of 30 degrees N has been studied. This article has been done as a case study and with the qualitative-descriptive method and "radiation factor" has been selected among the main four climatic factors. It has been studied by applying modern diagrams such as: sun protractor, the diagrams of energy radiated on the vertical plane and climatic calendar related to the receiver elements of sun radiation. In this article it has been studied some cases with emphasis on the inactive method of solar heating and cryogenics and applying daylight which are angle of building's rotation, inside immigration considering the direction of building's rotation in tow important months (January and July) and the elements relating to the radiation topic.