Environmental impacts and compatible urban design: Case study of Bam Citadel

Bam citadel is the greatest and oldest mudbrick construction of the world. It includes three parts of residential, military and citadel with covering an area of sq.ms 200,000. This article explores the skills of design used in urban spaces of Bam citadel with considering of environmental characteristics such as temperature, wind, sunshine, water, and vegetations and analyzes them. This paper discusses the role of such factors as the orientation of ways and buildings, the relation of height to cross passages, using local materials, the relation between urban form and environment, in the structure of spatial of Bam citadel. Finally, it will present compatible urban design strategies regarding the topic of the research.