Behavioral Approaches in Architecture, To Design Buildings That Appropriate Human Behavior

Human behavior is understood as forming the architecture but also architecture can shape human behavior. Humans build buildings in order to meet its own needs, then building that shape the behavior of people who live in the building. The building, designed by humans that was originally built to meet human needs. But the building affects the human way in living the social life and values that exist in life him. This involves between architecture and social stability where both coexist in harmony environment. Human behavior itself is understood as a set of behaviors that possessed by humans and influenced by the customs, attitudes, emotions, values, aesthetics, power, persuasion and genetics.

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Behavioral Architecture

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Behavioral architecture is an architecture that is able to handle human needs and feelings that adjust to the lifestyle of humans in it. the word "behavior" expresses an awareness of the social structure of the people, a dynamic movement together in time. Just think of a person's behavior in space, then we can make the design.

Behavioral architecture is an architecture that in its application always include behavioral considerations in the design of behavioral connection with the architectural design. that architectural design can be a facilitator of the human behavior or vice versa as a barrier occurrence of human behavior.

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Principles In The Behavioral Architecture Theme

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The principles of architectural themes of behavior that must be considered in the application of architectural themes of behavior is

• Being able to communicate with humans and the environment
  A design that must be understood by the wearer through the sensing or imagination of building users, The form presented can be fully understood by the user of the building.
• Accommodate the activities of the occupants with a comfortable and pleasant
  Comfortable physically and psychologically. Physical and physiological fun.

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Personal Space

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Personal space is an area with an invisible boundary around the human body where others (outside human) should not be entered.

Is dynamic (active process to approach or move away from others, which makes it more or less accessible to others).

Implementation mechanism of personal space, for example in furniture design, the layout of offices, living rooms.

Intimate distance (DISTANCE INTIMATE) - to touch, whispering

Close phase - less than 6 inches (150 mm)

Phase far - 6-18 inches (150-450 mm)

Personal distance (DISTANCE PERSONAL) - for interaction among

Phase close - 450-750 mm

Phase far - 750 - 1200 mm

Personal space is an area around a person with boundaries that are not clear which one can not enter. personal space as the distance / area around the individual in which to invade another person, causing the other person to feel the limit is violated, unhappy, and sometimes withdraws.

Some definitions of personal space is implicitly based on the results of research, among others:

• Personal space boundaries are unclear between a person with another person.
• Real personal space adjacent to itself.
• Setting the personal space is a dynamic process that allows us to get out of it as a change of situation.
• When someone breaks the personal space of others, it can result in anxiety, stress, and even fights.
• The personal space corresponds directly to the distances between people, although there are three orientations from others: face to face, back to back, and direction.

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Conclusion

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Along with the development of science, human behavior is increasingly used as a benchmark in planning called behavioral architecture approach (behavioral architecture). Humans build a building or outer space to meet human needs where each individual has a different perception of the environment.

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Reference Source
Theory of behavioral architecture
Architecture and the Human Behaviour
personal space
personal space in psychology definition
sap.mit.edu

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