Explaining the Design Components of Residential Complexes Based on Responding to the Need for Self-Actualization (Case study: Mabaas, Jannat, Modarres, Booali and Derak residential complexes in Shiraz)

Document Type : Research article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz Branch

2 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture & Urban Design, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urban Sustainability, University of the District Colombia, Washington DC, USA

10.22059/jurbangeo.2024.369557.1893

Abstract

Nowadays, when societies are moving towards industrialization, it seems that the psychological dimensions of humans are disregarded. Self-actualization can be proposed as a solution to reduce the negative impacts caused by this. This motivation leads to improved psychological health and well-being in humans. It seems that environmental capabilities can be used to pursue self-actualization in people. Considering the mentioned necessity, this study aims to provide effective design components for responding to the self-actualization of residents in residential complexes. In the first step of the research’s first phase, which is the document mining method, the sample population was available resources, and in the Delphi method, the sample population was 20 experts. The sample population in the second phase of the research, to survey users, was 290 residents of residential complexes in Shiraz city. Research was started by the Document Mining Method and the Delphi technique, and sources were assessed. Then, experts are interviewed. Then, users were surveyed using the researcher-made questionnaire. Finally, the information obtained from the users' survey was entered into SPSS-23.0, and data analysis was performed using factor analysis and Pearson correlation tests. The findings of factor analysis present the components of creative environment, collective environment, environmental safety, event-able environment, diversity, discoverability, and social interactions as environmental components that are effective in responding to the self-actualization needs of residents of residential complexes, And the results of the correlation test show that all factors are positively and significantly correlated.

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