The Sustainable Design Technologies in Babylonian Architecture

Abstract

The sustainability as a concept does not require a change in the quality of life as much as it requires a change in ideas and rationality towards ways of living that are less consumed and continuous for the longest possible period, which has made sustainability the most prominent evidence of sustainability in real terms. In it as a concept it has successfully implemented and in its various functional patterns (houses - temples and ziggurat - palaces, castles and forts), the study’s goal is Distinguishing sustainability indicators in Babylonian architecture to reveal their operational indicators that made them continue successfully For centuries, archaeological discoveries have also confirmed. To achieve the goal, the research developed a methodology that was adopted clarifying the implementation indicators for sustainability in Babylonian architecture, which has emerged at the level of the environmental context to confront the environment and interact with it and preserve its resources. It singled out a vocabulary group that represented operational indicators that the ancient Babylonians worked and continued to develop, through selected models were analysed after the historical analytical survey of Babylonian architecture and its various functional patterns, research concluded that implementation of sustainability has been linked to several stages, starting from the planning to the smallest details, which have always produced positive results and as little as possible from the failures that are negligible compared to the gains obtained from them environmentally, economically and socially. Research determined detail indicators to build theoretical framework of Babylonian architecture sustainability for developed recommendations to improve the application of Sustainable concept in contemporary architecture.