The Absence of an Effective Relationship between Architecture and Passive Defense in Academic Fields

Passive defense is a kind of civil defense, which means reducing vulnerability during crisis. Passive defense is realized without military action and only through civilian, technical and managerial activities. Defensive planning is not a new issue since it has been on the agenda for a long time. In Iran, the Inactive Defense Organization was established in 1382 by the Supreme Leader of the Revolution. Defense and sustainability of design are two factors that form the architecture in passive defense. In this context, the architect must understand the defense from the point of view of the concept and content. Although the importance of linking the two domains of architecture and passive defense is clear, the big gap in this issue is the education debate. Unfortunately, the link between the two issues has been neglected in the academic field. Consideration of architectural issues in recent years has been studied by researchers in the field of passive defense. On the other hand, since 1388, the discussion of "Technical Criteria and Standards of Passive Defense" has been added as a draft to the twenty issues of national building regulations.  This script is the only valid designer document on this topic. Investigations show the lack of awareness of the passive defense graduates in relation to the design and architecture field. On the other hand, studying the titles and courses of architecture at different levels of education, and various perspectives and so on, indicate the lack of addressing the issue of passive defense in the field of architecture. So, the result is the graduation of designers and architects who have no knowledge of this important subject. The prospective of disregarding one of these two topics in the curriculum of the other, damages and challenges ahead, and providing solutions in the field of defining the topic of passive defense in architecture education and vice versa, are the issues discussed in this article.