Serpil, Burçak2016-01-082016-01-081996http://hdl.handle.net/11693/17753Ankara : Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and the Institute of Fine Arts of Bilkent University, 1996.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 1996.Includes bibliographical references leaves 129-132.In this study, the design of urban near-home environments is 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 territorility, 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.xv, 151 leaves, illustrationsEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEnvironment-Behavior RelationDesign of Near-Home EnvironmentsSafetyIdentitySocial ContactPrivacyNA2542.35 .S47 1996Architecture--Environmental aspects.Architecture--Human factors.Architecture and society.City planning.Architecture--Psychological aspects.Architectural design.ThesisBILKUTUPB035249