Morphological and Architectural Characteristics of Palangan Tourist Resort

Within the geographical area of Iran, a significant amount of historical background can be traced among its 63,883 villages. Besides, the special architectural characteristics or physical fabric of some of these villages demonstrate important historical and cultural aspects of Iran, an extremely valuable part of heritage that remains of our ancestors, and to a further extent, a hidden part of the history of Iran. These settlements, in accordance with regional diversity and effects of natural environment, have enabled these elements, forces and socioeconomic and political factors to be set up, and eventually over time have found their form. In reality, however, these settlements, to a certain extent, are scattered when compared to traditional architecture, and differ in relation to spatial-location. The location and state of the old villages in various parts of Iran, considers many issues including aesthetics, adapting by natural in an attempt to incorporate traditional architecture in various places without formal academic training of inhabitants. In fact, present in the construction of old spaces, is a sentiment of soberness that not only satisfies the needs of its inhabitants, but also considers aesthetics, as well as the creativity of traditional architects.