Evaluating the Quality of Luxury Residential Buildings in Iran and their Impact on the Resilience Factors: A Fuzzy BWM Approach

Land use patterns play a significant role in the resilience of a city. However, the importance of buildings as a key factor in shaping the city and their impact on urban resilience should not be overlooked. One of the major obstacles to building resilience is the issue of their quality, which has become especially prominent due to the urbanization and the emphasis on luxury residential buildings. On the other hand, in recent years, due to significant conceptual changes, the notion of luxury has become a highly complex subject. This study was carried out to evaluate the factors affecting the quality of luxury residential buildings in Iran using the fuzzy best-worst method (fuzzy BWM). The BWM method provides a consistent structural comparison of factors through best and worst criteria. To determine the fuzzy criteria’ weights, the nonlinearly constrained optimization problem was applied. These criteria include strength and stability, physical comfort and mental peace, visual proportions and beauty, safety, security and environment, and welfare and health. The result indicated that the best and the worst criteria were Visual proportions and beauty and welfare and health, respectively, which can facilitate quality improvement. Additionally, the optimal weights determined in this study can be used to provide a quality management model in luxury residential buildings for future attempts with an emphasis on resilience in the face of environmental and non-environmental challenges and can be utilized in future research.