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BEHAVIOR SETTING STUDIESInstructor: Architect Danny Capili

ENVIRONMENT

- behavior studies in architecture include the systematicexamination of relationship between the environment and humanbehavior and their application in the design process. The term hasa number of partial euivalent.

- it can be !"# human $ environment studies!%# social ecology! human factors!'# behavioral architecture!(# programming

the research aspectis often called:!"# environmental psychology!%# user needs study! social and behavioral factors

environment behavior st!"contain more than function:

!"# circulation )ow

!%# proximities! dimensional concerns

behaviora# $actorgo deeper to the psychology of the user* howhe perceives:

!"# building form!%# social interaction needs! sub cultural di+erences in lifestyle!'# meaning and symbolism of building!(# technology

S%O&E O' ENVIRONMENT STUDIES

() ser *rops- di+erent user groups have di+erent need and use patterns* theyare a+ected in di+erent ways by the uality of the environment*user group maybe socially di+erentiated into:

income* ethnicity* age* special interest group* urban,rural*informal dwellers* suatters,slam dwellers

+) environmenta# behavior phenomena- this is looing at the aspect of human behavior in relation toeveryday physical environments.

&ro,emics$ are the di+erent distances between people

that we considered comfortable for social interaction. Thisshows distinct distances: intimate* personal* socia#and

pb#ic &rivac"- !ensit" an! cro.!in*

a. privac"$ is an inter personal controlmechanism that faces and regulatesinteractions with others. It is the chain ofindividuals* groups or institutions to controlaccess to themselves and what informationabout them may be allowed to becommunicated.b. !ensit"$ is a measure of number of

people per unit of spacec. cro.!in*$ is psychological or anenvironment $ behavior concept which refersto the experience of being hemmed in* loced*or frustrated by the presence of too manypeople.

&ERSONA/ S&A%E

- it is a specic environment behavior concept. It is asmall invisible* protective sphere or bubble that an organismcarries about

- the individual personal space is dynamite* it

changes its dimension* stress and anxiety can result fromintrusion

TERRITORIA/IT0

- refer to a group of behavior that a person willpersonali/ed* mared* owned* defend* unlie personalspace* territories do not move* they have ve deningcharacteristics:

!"# people will defended if violated by intruders!%# they are mared in either a concrete or symbolic

ways! they satisfy some needs or motives

!'# they are owned control or processed by anindividual or group

!(# they contain spatial area

DE'ENSIVE S&A%E

- it is an extension of the concept of territoriality*characteristics of space not mae it more defensible.