Shehayeb, D., Turgut Yildiz, H. & Kellett, P. (Eds.) (2007). The Appropriate Home: Can We Design “Appropriate” Residential Environments? HBRC: Cairo, Egypt. Proceedings of the First HBRC & IAPS-CSBE Network Joint Symposium (ISBN 977-17-4798-3)., Jun 2007
Whilst most designers think of home as a physical private space; this definition of home leaves a... more Whilst most designers think of home as a physical private space; this definition of home leaves a large portion of ‘home environments’ unaccounted for, and therefore overlooked by the design professions. The results are misuse, alterations and increasing stress. To understand the socio-psychological processes that relate to the function of dwelling, and how they are influenced by design, one has to draw on knowledge from different fields, and in order to provide compatible concepts useful in the design process, a multidisciplinary approach is required.
The objective of this paper is to present a theoretical framework integrating findings from disparate studies that address: perceptions of the designed environment, the relation between the perceived environment and behavior, and those that relate socio-psychological processes to physical characteristics and users in the home environment, including the particularities of the Egyptian case to capture the fundamentals of the appropriate home.
A literature review led to the identifying the key issues related to the design of home environment and complementing them with the Egyptian empirical studies. Based on this analysis, a comprehensive model was developed addressing the problem of designing the appropriate home as a function of its users' characteristics, their needs, and behavior.
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Specific to Cairo, of course, our research project has regional applications throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Made possible by a Getty Collaborative Research Grant and administered by the University of California, LA, this is a collaborative research project whereby scholars from different disciplines research the history of the cemetery and monument zone of Sayyidi Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti from a number of perspectives.
A first outcome is a thorough documentation of this monument zone, both of the architecture of its monuments and the surrounding urban fabric and a historical study of its development through time. A second outcome is a methodology for the study of contested multi-functional historical zones in Egypt and the region. Results are disseminated via the website, and via an academic monograph to be authored by the three core team members of the project.
http://www.suyuti.net/index.php
The objective of this paper is to present a theoretical framework integrating findings from disparate studies that address: perceptions of the designed environment, the relation between the perceived environment and behavior, and those that relate socio-psychological processes to physical characteristics and users in the home environment, including the particularities of the Egyptian case to capture the fundamentals of the appropriate home.
A literature review led to the identifying the key issues related to the design of home environment and complementing them with the Egyptian empirical studies. Based on this analysis, a comprehensive model was developed addressing the problem of designing the appropriate home as a function of its users' characteristics, their needs, and behavior.
Specific to Cairo, of course, our research project has regional applications throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Made possible by a Getty Collaborative Research Grant and administered by the University of California, LA, this is a collaborative research project whereby scholars from different disciplines research the history of the cemetery and monument zone of Sayyidi Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti from a number of perspectives.
A first outcome is a thorough documentation of this monument zone, both of the architecture of its monuments and the surrounding urban fabric and a historical study of its development through time. A second outcome is a methodology for the study of contested multi-functional historical zones in Egypt and the region. Results are disseminated via the website, and via an academic monograph to be authored by the three core team members of the project.
http://www.suyuti.net/index.php
The objective of this paper is to present a theoretical framework integrating findings from disparate studies that address: perceptions of the designed environment, the relation between the perceived environment and behavior, and those that relate socio-psychological processes to physical characteristics and users in the home environment, including the particularities of the Egyptian case to capture the fundamentals of the appropriate home.
A literature review led to the identifying the key issues related to the design of home environment and complementing them with the Egyptian empirical studies. Based on this analysis, a comprehensive model was developed addressing the problem of designing the appropriate home as a function of its users' characteristics, their needs, and behavior.