New town versus old town

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The concept of New Towns emerged in Iran in the early 20th century amid industrialization and urban population growth. Today, these towns are seen as strategic solutions to the challenges posed by Megacities, including pollution, poverty, and traffic. New Towns offer a unique opportunity to build cities from the ground up, ensuring that sustainability—social, physical, and economic—is integrated into design and planning strategies. Research on the sustainability of the built environment in Hashtgerd New Town has largely concentrated on architectural scale or city scale. While architecture plays a crucial role in energy efficiency, urban configurations at lower scales also significantly affect the effectiveness of architectural designs by influencing local climates. This text highlights the importance of urban geometry as a factor influencing sustainability and examines how the conventional urban pattern in Hashtgerd New Town performs compared to alternative designs. The focus is specifically on the dimension of sustainability related to building energy consumption.