Iran Nezam Architecture Design Exam study guide
Iran Nezam Architecture Design Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Iran Nezam Architecture Design Exam is the professional registration assessment through which architects in Iran demonstrate the competence required to practise independently and take legal responsibility for building designs. It is aimed at graduates of accredited architecture programmes who have completed the required practical training and now need to convert academic knowledge into defensible professional judgement. The Iran Nezam Architecture Design Exam study guide has 9 sections and about 2,986 words.
01Architectural Design and Spatial Composition (طراحی معماری و ترکیب فضایی)
This paper tests whether you can convert a written brief into a plan that works: correct room sizes, defensible adjacencies, a legible circulation hierarchy, and a composition that respects Iranian cultural patterns such as privacy (محرمیت) and introversion (درون‌گرایی). Zone the plan: public (ورودی، پذیرایی), semi-private (غذاخوری، آشپزخانه), private (اتاق‌خواب‌ها), service (سرویس، انبار، تأسیسات).
346 words, about 2 min02Building Technology, Structures, and Construction Materials
This section combines three examined subjects: how a building stands up, what it is made of, and how it is assembled. In the Iranian exam they map onto مبحث ۶ (loads), مبحث ۸ (masonry), مبحث ۹ (concrete), مبحث ۱۰ (steel), مبحث ۵ (materials) and استاندارد ۲۸۰۰ for seismic behaviour.
343 words, about 2 min03Building Services and Environmental Systems (mechanical, electrical, plumbing)
Services questions are usually numerical or code-based and are spread over مبحث ۱۴ (heating and ventilation), مبحث ۱۶ (water and drainage), مبحث ۱۷ (gas), مبحث ۱۳ (electrical), مبحث ۱۵ (lifts) and the fire-protection requirements of مبحث ۳. Water: size the rising main for the fixture units served and check residual pressure at the highest, most remote fixture; keep a house tank and pump set where mains pressure is unreliable.
374 words, about 2 min04Building Codes, Regulations, and Professional Practice
This domain tests the legal skeleton of Iranian building work: the مقررات ملی ساختمان (National Building Regulations), the قانون نظام مهندسی و کنترل ساختمان and its آیین‌نامه, the permit process, and the statutory duties of designer, supervisor (ناظر) and contractor (مجری). Know the volume map: مبحث ۱ definitions, ۲ administrative system, ۳ fire, ۴ general requirements, ۵ materials, ۶ loads, ۷ foundations, ۸ masonry, ۹ concrete, ۱۰ steel, ۱۱ industrialised construction, ۱۲ site safety, ۱۳ electrical, ۱۴ heating and ventilation, ۱۵ lifts, ۱۶ plumbing, ۱۷ gas, ۱۸ sound insulation, ۱۹ energy, ۲۲ building maintenance.
329 words, about 2 min05Urban Design and Site Planning
Site planning questions link the plot to the city: development controls from the طرح تفصیلی, street hierarchy, parking provision, orientation, and privacy between neighbours. Expect small calculations rather than essays.
362 words, about 2 min06History of Iranian and Islamic Architecture
This paper asks you to date and attribute buildings from formal evidence: plan type, dome construction, vaulting, ornament and materials. Learn the diagnostic features period by period rather than memorising lists.
293 words, about 1 min07History of World Architecture and Architectural Theory
The world-history paper rewards precise attribution: building, architect, decade. Theory questions usually test whether you can link a text to a position rather than recite a biography.
288 words, about 1 min08Architectural Drawing, Graphic Representation, and Digital Tools
This domain checks that you can read and produce constructional drawings and that you understand the digital workflow from model to document. Scale governs detail: 1:200 for site and massing, 1:100 for plans and sections, 1:50 for construction plans, 1:20 and 1:5 for details.
341 words, about 2 min09Climatology and Sustainable/Low-Energy Design
This paper tests passive design reasoning first and calculations second: how form, orientation and envelope respond to Iranian climate zones, and how مبحث ۱۹ sets the minimum thermal performance of the envelope. Four zones: معتدل و مرطوب (Caspian), سرد (northwest and highlands), گرم و خشک (central plateau), گرم و مرطوب (southern coast).
310 words, about 2 min