Investigating the interactions of Islamic teachings affecting airport design

The Shiite men consider themselves responsible to pay attention to principles and beliefs of Shiite faith adhering to them; hence, Iranian architecture is full of the spirit and nature of Shia so that it has been effective in both physical and sensational-spiritual dimensions. There has been less attention to designs based on the principles of Islamic-Iranian architecture in current communities. In contemporary architecture, some terms such as Muqarnas works, Nari arch, and Qubah (dome) are unfamiliar words. There are a few number of buildings in contemporary architecture of Iran in which both islamic and iranian principles are applied meanwhile responding to accurate functions and performances of today. The current common architecture in Iran has originated from western culture without paying attention to Iranian culture and traditions. Accordingly, it is essential to pay attention to design method of some places such as airport where numerous passengers are in every day. It is possible to introduce culture and indigenous and climatic components of the country to foreign passengers using Islamic-Iranian architecture components in designs giving an Islamic-Iranian face to cities and some important structures such as airport. In places such as airports that passengers should be there for at least one hour before the flight and sometimes there are delays in flights, using various solutions are required to reduce different mental and spiritual pressures. This study was conducted using analytical method and library method for data collection in order to examine factors affecting Islamic-Iranian architecture in designing an airport considering the Islamic-Iranian architecture components.