How Ancient Persian Builders Cooled Homes in 50°C Heat Without Electricity

Описание: When temperatures rise above 50°C, modern cities struggle to survive without air conditioning.
But over a thousand years ago, Persian builders had already solved the problem.

In the scorching deserts of the Iranian plateau, ancient engineers developed a passive cooling system so advanced that it still outperforms many modern buildings today. Without electricity. Without compressors. Without chemical refrigerants.

In this video, we explore how windcatchers (Badgirs), underground Qanats, deep Sardabs, massive mud-brick walls, domes, and even ice houses (Yakhchals) worked together as a single integrated survival machine.

This was not architecture for beauty.
It was architecture for survival.

Discover how:

• Wind towers captured high-altitude desert breezes
• Underground water channels cooled entire homes naturally
• Thick clay walls used thermal lag to delay heat
• Ice was produced and stored in the middle of the desert
• Entire cities were designed as climate-control systems

At 50°C, survival is not accidental.
It is engineered.

Welcome to Survival Engineered — where we explore how ancient civilizations mastered extreme environments using nothing but physics, materials, and human ingenuity.