Explaining the pleasant indicators of eco-architecture and its impact on residential and tourism complexes (Case Study: Yaseh-Cahy Village)

Riahi Zaniani, Mozhgan; Mahdavipour Babaki, Hossain; Ebrahimnejad, Mohammadreza

Explaining the pleasant indicators of eco-architecture and its impact on residential and tourism complexes (Case Study: Yaseh-Cahy Village)

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

Mozhgan Riahi Zaniani ¹

Hossain Mahdavipour Babaki ²

Mohammadreza Ebrahimnejad ¹

¹ Department of Architecture, Shk.C., Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

² Department of Architecture, Art and Architecture Faculty, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

Tourism stands as a globally essential industry that drives economic growth, creates employment, and supports regional development and sustainability. By leveraging innovative technologies, culturally meaningful design, infrastructure investment, and digital marketing, it seeks to balance environmental, cultural, and economic objectives. The notion of “delights” in tourism points to destinations with distinctive, strong appeal that shape mental images and offer competitive advantages; maintaining this appeal, however, requires careful planning and clear differentiation. The type of the present research is descriptive-analytical and is applied in purpose, at the same time, it has a developmental nature due to the study of the course of the foundations and concepts. The paradigm of the present research is interpretive and has a qualitative research design. The method of collecting information is documentary and field, and the survey method was used to collect data. First, in the first step, after examining the general concepts related to the subject, the three indicator resulting contains, human and comfortable spaces, harmony with natural and cultural environment and continuous and cohesive design are briefly examined in order to evaluate the three indicator. The aim of the present research is to explain the pleasant indicators in eco-architecture with an emphasis on tourist complexes in the village of Yaseh-Chay. The statistical population consists of 200 residents and a researcher-made questionnaire is used randomly. Findings show that average score for all three indicators is 69, 68, and 70, respectively, and consequently, the continuous and cohesive design criterion has the most importance in the pleasant components of rural architecture. The results indicate that integrated interpretation aligns with contemporary urban design research that emphasizes place-based strategies, adaptive comfort, and culturally informed ecologies, reinforcing the case for iterative, data-driven design governance that centers resident experience and environmental compatibility

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Explaining the pleasant indicators of eco-architecture and its impact on residential and tourism complexes (Case Study: Yaseh-Cahy Village)

Highlights

Tourism is a globally essential industry that drives economic growth, creates employment, and supports regional development and sustainability.
By leveraging innovative technologies, culturally meaningful design, infrastructure investment, and digital marketing, tourism seeks to balance environmental, cultural, and economic objectives.
The notion of “delights” in tourism points to destinations with distinctive, strong appeal that shape mental images and offer competitive advantages; maintaining this appeal requires careful planning and clear differentiation.
The present research is descriptive-analytical and applied in purpose, with a developmental nature due to study of foundations and concepts; it adopts an interpretive paradigm and a qualitative design.

Keywords

Continuous and cohesive design

human and comfortable spaces

harmony with natural and cultural environment

pleasant indicators

tourism

Yaseh-Chay village

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