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Mofareh-Bonab M, Masaeli S, Akrami G. Investigating the reasons of the reducing function of the national building regulations in fading design concepts in contemporary architecture. Naqshejahan 2024; 14 (2) :99-118
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1- PhD student in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3- Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran ,akrami@ut.ac.ir
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3- Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran ,
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Aims: Studying design regulations to eliminate contradictions and deficiencies is a dynamic and important research topic in most parts of the world. There is no doubt about the necessity of regulations, but the question is how to design regulations that does not lead to decrease in quality and tension in design process. The aim of research is to find roots of the reducing function of national regulations, focusing on the fourth issue, in fading design concepts in construction sector.
Methods: The research is conducted analytically, based on content analysis and logical reasoning of library resources, and the research framework is determined through interviews with selected experts.
Findings: National regulations are prescriptive, that determining solutions, inflexibility, and standardization is their most significant characteristics. Reducing design issues, substituting skills with knowledge, relieving design responsibility through reliance on standards, setting minimums as objectives, and eliminating incentives for creativity and innovation are the main reasons for the diming function of national regulations in the design and construction sector.
Conclusion: The structure and content of regulations make changes in designers' methods and work. The prescriptive approach, with its particular characteristics, is not suitable for formulating architectural design regulations and requires regulations that do not compel designers to think in specific paths. The centralization of standards has limited design issues and, by reducing the level of design to that of technicians, has obscured the roles of innovative designers and design concepts, creating a platform for non-specialists to enter the design and construction domain.
Methods: The research is conducted analytically, based on content analysis and logical reasoning of library resources, and the research framework is determined through interviews with selected experts.
Findings: National regulations are prescriptive, that determining solutions, inflexibility, and standardization is their most significant characteristics. Reducing design issues, substituting skills with knowledge, relieving design responsibility through reliance on standards, setting minimums as objectives, and eliminating incentives for creativity and innovation are the main reasons for the diming function of national regulations in the design and construction sector.
Conclusion: The structure and content of regulations make changes in designers' methods and work. The prescriptive approach, with its particular characteristics, is not suitable for formulating architectural design regulations and requires regulations that do not compel designers to think in specific paths. The centralization of standards has limited design issues and, by reducing the level of design to that of technicians, has obscured the roles of innovative designers and design concepts, creating a platform for non-specialists to enter the design and construction domain.
Keywords: National Building Codes, formulation of regulations, design process, reducing function, design concepts, prescriptive approach, standards, new technologies, contemporary architecture
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Highperformance Architecture
Received: 2024/02/18 | Accepted: 2024/05/17 | Published: 2024/08/1
Received: 2024/02/18 | Accepted: 2024/05/17 | Published: 2024/08/1
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