Authors: Madyan Maher Rashan & Nahedh Taha Al-Qemaqchi
Abstract: Sustainability is no longer unchartered territory for research scholars. Its significance has increased with the growing effects of the alarming consumption of natural resources; after we saw rapidly natural treasures drain in the modern age. It has been theorized that the built environment plays a significant role in the life of users, and the architects can consider several factors of the human-environment relationship in the development of interior space. Transparency of space was one of the main considerations targeted in order to create a sustainable built environment. This paper tries to draw the effect of transparency on the behavioral actions and their relationship with the built environment, through its impact on dynamic termed “personal space” area, which plays a major role in regulating individual behavior, and interactions with the rest of the individuals in the environment. The study assumes that the high degree of transparency supports sustainable behavior among individuals. The paper tested that hypothesis into the lecture halls at university to highlight its validity and to use the results as a design indicators for design of such spaces.
Keywords: Sustainability, Personal Space, Transparency, Sustainable Behavior.
doi: 10.23918/icad2018.p3
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