– Psychology for Architecture –
Tag: meaning of home
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This article was published in Buildings, in 2023 A significant number of young people live in temporary homes, which are designed to fulfil basic needs and provide space for normal activities. However, it is unclear what those basic activities are. Moreover, the indoor environmental quality is often left out of the meaning of home, although…
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Published in the Journal of Housing and the Build Environment in 2022 People living in short-term rental housing, henceforth temporary housing, are rarely consulted by professionals involved in the design process, whether regarding new or refurbished buildings. Knowing what is required for temporary dwellers to feel at home and how their meanings of home relate…
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This article was published in Intelligent Buildings International in 2018. Temporary transformations of vacant buildings could alleviate the shortage of housing for urgent home seekers. However, not much is known about the transformation of buildings into temporary, adequate, and affordable housing. A multidisciplinary literature review covering design, indoor environmental quality, housing, and environmental psychology, was…
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What is home? And what is home if there are more people? Answers to these questions and how home varies between people and in time, will be explored when this game is played. It consists of a flexible base, to make it smaller or bigger. Walls are added, with or without (openable) windows, and doors.…