Yousef Ecotourism Center
Desert areas are no longer left unattempted in tourism developments. Varieties formation of natural assets provides a spectrum of attraction to many segments of tourists, especially to nature lovers and adventure Eco-tourists. Broad and white salt plains, golden dunes as well as light green, yellow and red hilly areas make a wonderful spectrum of worth seeing colors for desert tourists in daylight.
A variant form of the natural formation such as desert forms (of wind and water erosion), special flora and fauna and beautiful panoramas are among many wonders to natural Eco-tourists.
This project which is Mehrbod Pakbaz bachelor thesis is an attempt to present the “sustainable ecotourism center in one of the most beautiful deserts of Iran whose name is Mesr in Isfahan province. It is an ecotourism center like a hotel named Yousef ecotourism center in the desert for Eco-tourists who are visiting the Mesr desert.
According to the studies, this design of this center based on the following principal foundations:
1) appreciating the desert as both the precious natural heritage of Iran and as the most important factor for attracting tourists.
2) being inspired by the native residents as major designers interconnected with the desert nature.
3) respecting the interests and tastes of desert tourists as supporters and lovers of nature and the originators of desert ecotourism, and the most important aspect which is designing the building and area with a sustainable approach and use of design strategies that reduce the negative environmental impact from a built environment.
Yousef Ecotourism Center
Desert areas are no longer left unattempted in tourism developments. Varieties formation of natural assets provides a spectrum of attraction to many segments of tourists, especially to nature lovers and adventure Eco-tourists. Broad and white salt plains, golden dunes as well as light green, yellow and red hilly areas make a wonderful spectrum of worth seeing colors for desert tourists in daylight.
A variant form of the natural formation such as desert forms (of wind and water erosion), special flora and fauna and beautiful panoramas are among many wonders to natural Eco-tourists.
This project which is Mehrbod Pakbaz bachelor thesis is an attempt to present the “sustainable ecotourism center in one of the most beautiful deserts of Iran whose name is Mesr in Isfahan province. It is an ecotourism center like a hotel named Yousef ecotourism center in the desert for Eco-tourists who are visiting the Mesr desert.
According to the studies, this design of this center based on the following principal foundations:
1) appreciating the desert as both the precious natural heritage of Iran and as the most important factor for attracting tourists.
2) being inspired by the native residents as major designers interconnected with the desert nature.
3) respecting the interests and tastes of desert tourists as supporters and lovers of nature and the originators of desert ecotourism, and the most important aspect which is designing the building and area with a sustainable approach and use of design strategies that reduce the negative environmental impact from a built environment.