Ethics and Architecture of Zurkhaneh

Observing ethical principles and paying attention to human status based on Islamic teachings had a profound impact on the lifestyle and architecture of traditional Iranian buildings. Therefore, the meaningful relationship between architecture and ethics always provides for the spiritual needs of man, so as to achieve equilibrium in the architectural space. Accordingly, Islamic teachings on ethics are one of the most important factors in the process of Zurkhaneh architecture formation, which has played a key role in identifying the spatial structure of Zurkhaneh. The question that arises in this study is: How do the moral implications of Islamic teachings manifest in Zurkhaneh architecture? In order to answer this question, valuable architectural zurkhaneh in warm and arid climate (Kasnouyeh, Yazd) and cold and mountainous climate (Tayeb, Khorramabad) have been purposefully selected as research sample. In this paper, ethical values as an independent variable affect the physical structure of Zurkhaneh as a dependent variable.

The results show that ethical recommendations have been considered in Zurkhaneh architecture and its effects in the form of modesty, gentleness, holiness, spirituality, introspection, simplicity and dissonance, moral equilibrium and the control of anger, and purity is manifested