DESIGNING AN UNDERGROUND REST AREA WITH A SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE APPROACH IN SAMAN CITY

Rest area is a place for providing a set of services to drivers, passengers and vehicles. If you know that about 85% of transportation is done by road transport, the importance of organizing roads and their service would be understood. Providing welfare services in the intercity roads in the form of service - welfare complexes includes the needs that can be examined in various physical, economic, social and environmental aspects. In between enjoying the architecture in harmony with nature and climate of regions, according to the understanding of environment, connection with nature, understanding the environmental effects, respect for users and creating a participatory process in designing introduce the characteristics of sustainable architecture and link man, nature and architecture. The characteristic represent the Iranian - Islamic architectural design principles and is part of sustainable architecture identity. In this study with respect to the Saman axis which is the most important way of communication in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, the proposed region for the design of services - welfare complex is selected according to the sustainable architecture model. First the desired site was selected, then required information were collected and reviewed and as a result we achieved the design of services - welfare complex.