Developing Semantic Model of Privacy in Architecture based on Logical Reasoning Method

Subject Areas : Architecture

Nastaran  Nakhjavani ¹ (Department of Architecture, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.)
Ali  Javan Forouzande ² (Department of Architecture, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Iran)
Ghasem  Motalebi ³ (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran)
masoomeh  yaghoobi ⁴ (Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran)

Received: 2021-12-29 Accepted : 2022-10-30 Published : 2023-04-01

Keywords: Built Environment, Privacy, Personal space, Personalized Space, Social behavior, Culture, Territory,

Abstract :

To s‌tudy human social behavior concerning the environment, the concepts of privacy, personal space, and territory have been s‌tudied by interdisciplinary experts. Examining how behavior is formed in the environment is very important in improving the environment's design with the culture of uses. Since experts in the field of architecture and urban planning need to provide real and objective solutions, they often do not have the opportunity to conduct practical research on the concepts of privacy. Identifying the formation of privacy of users can be desirable in the design of new housing. By linking the main concept and how they are in the architectural elements of different cultures, a cultural pattern appropriate to each region can be achieved. The main purpose of this s‌tudy is to link the main concept with the cultural and architectural perspectives. This logical reasoning s‌tudy used content analysis in two fields privacy and culture. For this purpose, definitions related to the privacy of collection and the method of open coding of its categories have been extracted. Then the privacy layers are extracted using social sciences and environmental psychology s‌tudies by summarizing qualitative content analysis. The semantic model of Rapoport's cultural meaning and privacy are combined in the research, and the main matrix of how the cultural layers of privacy are formed is drawn. Based on this matrix, the layers of social behavior can be categorized from the initial qualitative-perceptual level to quantitative-behavioral.

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