The necessity of extension of Tent Structures in Iran

Tent, is one of the oldest architectural forms that has been used from the past. The oldest known tents are from the ice age and they were made out of skins which were draped over a fram of branches. The black tents which where woven from goat hair, sheep,s wool or camel hair into very long strips has the closest form to the modern tensile textile architecture of the 20th and 21st century. The blacktents have a long precedence in Iran and were used by the immigrants and still are used by Iranian tribes. Nowadays because of advancement of structure science and construction technology, architect,s tendency for using tent structures and creating architectural, beautiful and adapted with climate forms has been increased. Since a vast area of Iran has the hot climate, using these structures can provide a good shelter through shading and natural ventilation in this regions. This dissertation is based upon historical refrences, literal findings and the world wide web. We recommended the extension of modern tent structures which are the completed form of our black tents in Iran and encouraging architects toward our traditional architecture and inspiring of our architectural heritage

کلیدواژه ها:

black tent ، tent ، textile architecture ، traditional