Adaptation: Continuity Activity Pattern in Rural Housing Typology Changes in Eshkorat, Gilan

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of adaptation of the system of activities to changes in the configuration of native housing and rural engineering through classification of activities and measurement of syntactic data of houses. For this purpose, 382 houses from two types of rural housing in Eshkorat, Guilan were randomly selected according to the method based on purpose and considerations. Structured interviews, observation and recording of activities were used to analyze the activities. Also, chi-square, balloon and cluster analysis were used to find the differences, as well as the most important activity and its place. The results generally showed that the two types of housing have different configurations that have caused the classification of activities, their location and the relationship between them in these housings is different. However, despite the change in the spatial configuration, the system of activities has not changed and the residents have adapted to the desired spaces. It was found that residents adapt to spatial changes through the categorization of activities, choosing the location of similar features and multi-functional spaces without deleting activities, which is due to cultural and social laws. Residents' adaptability has enabled them to use all the spaces of the house and to coordinate with the residential environment to meet their needs, values and behaviors. The findings confirm the need to pay attention to adaptability in the syntactic analysis of residential environments.