Rectangular pond and water fountains, with public day beds on either side at Dowlat Abad, Yazd, Iran.
Rectangular pond and water fountains, with public day beds on either side at Dowlat Abad, Yazd, Iran. The main part of this system is the very tall badgir with a hieght of and an octagonal plan. This badgir catches cool winds at a higher level, in all directions, and channels them into the interior spaces. The dry and warm wind will pass over a pond with a fountain gets cool and wet through evaporation. Then the cool and wet air flows in the room. There is an increase in air pressure to windward and decrease to leeward, so the badgir will catch the windward air and sucks the interior air to leeward, thus ventilating the interior. This garden has an aggregate of different buildings which were designed and constructed during the time of Mohammad Taqi Khan in the Zandieh era. It was the residence of Khan and his government and officials. The wind trapper of this garden is 33 meters high and is considered an architectural masterpiece and a symbol of the Yazdi architects' genius, mental ability, talent and art. The most significant characteristics of the design of this building is believed to be the attempt of the architect in selecting tactful angles for providing the best views and landscape internally. The Dowlat Abad garden is regarded as one of the sites worth visiting due to verdant gardening skill in landscape architecture, irrigation method, and in the richness of architectural design. It is for this reason that the same has been recorded as a historic building.
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