Kentsel konut yakın çevrelerinin insanların sosyo-psikolojik gereksinimleri ve mekansal davranışları açısından incelenmesi ve tasarımı

ABSTRACT THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF URBAN NEAR-HOME ENVIRONMENTS ACCORDING TO PSYCHO-SOCIAL NEEDS AND BEHAVIOR OF HUMAN BEINGS Burçak Serpil M.F.A. in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Zuhal Ulusoy September, 1996 In this study, the design of urban near-home environments are examined considering the social and psychological needs of human beings as well as human spatial behavior. After an introduction to the concepts such as environment, near-home environments, human-environment interaction, human basic needs, and human spatial behavior; the basic psycho-social needs of human beings are classified as safety, identity, social contact and privacy. These needs are analysed in relation to the design of urban near-home environments. Within this framework, behavioral concepts like territoriality, personalisation, crowding are also considered. Furthermore, a research is conducted in Ankara, in two middle-density apartments with near-home environment of different design features. This research explores and compares the influences of these environments-- which differ within themselves in terms of design characteristics-on the satisfaction of residents' psycho-social needs. Design suggestions are proposed at the end of the analysis of the findings of the research. Keywords: Environment- behavior relation, design of near-home environments, safety, identity, social contact, privacy.