An assessment of Behavioural Pattern for a Housing Society keeping view of the Public Perception and Psychology of Urban Open Space

Abstract

In our ancient architectural texts, the dwelling for the public is perceived as a solution to the issues arising from culture. Social structures are integrated into the system by specifying prototypes for different sections of society. The connection between housing and social structure has been borrowed from Durkheim’s who discusses social space, social life and social groups to address inclusiveness and the well-being housing ecosystem. Space is created for human social purposes (mentioned in Book: Social Logic of Space). Bertrand definition of community is a functionally related aggregate of people who live in a particular geographical locality at a particular time, show a common culture, are arranged in a social structure, exhibit an awareness of their uniqueness and separate identity as a group. The city is a living organism (mentioned in Book: Social logic of space) and fed by the mediation with culture as a two-way volatile process which absorbs and generates social stimuli. In the contemporary city, Inhabitants congregate in homogenous communities to remain within a comfortable and efficient environment. This generates a hybrid social structure based on shared urban experiences. In some cases, this prototype may isolate specific individuals and/ or alienate them from their cultural roots which leads to the redefinition of the family as people with shared interests as opposed to biological connections. Inclusion is the act of making all groups of people within a society feel valued and important (as per COBUILD Dictionary). It is important to assess, develop and adopt inclusive and interactive housing design principles that are flexible as per our changing work-life routine and accessibility requirements. It is also important to consider how these design principles can be applied to address social inclusion in life’s natural cycles of various age cohorts. This paper assumes that housing is a collection of people living together and it may provide social inclusion of people with diverse cohorts.