A Study of the relationship between house form and behaviour pattern of people within their socio economic background in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Architecture is an art. It is the only art that caters to the man's physical need; psychological and bodily comfort. It is the only art that encompasses all these psychological need; Sense of privacy, sense of identity, sense of territoriality, aspiration and self expectation. So through the architecture the emotion can be crated in the human mind. To begin this process the house is a beginning point since the house is a very basic need of all the man kind. The house is formed according to the behavioral patterns of humans, and from the stating point of concept of house. Considering the Sri Lankan situation, culture had a high impact on the house form. Culture based behavioural patterns of Sri Lankan inhabitants, decided the house form in ancient times. In the present day situation every aspect of the life is decided by the economic back ground of the people. Even the behavioral patterns of peoples are decided by it. The house has no exceptions. Its form is also decided by the economic back ground of its dwellers. Due to this economic change in country created lot of problems in the society. One of the main problems created due to this is class deference; And it leads to wards the problem of congested urban housing. To provide a solution for this problem of housing the community living or mass scale housing were introduced to the country. But the qualitative value of the house is left as unsolved problem. On the other hand to cater the complex behavioral pattern of the people through the house is also left as a huge problem. In the economic based present day the bonding between the family members are some what weekends. The weekend family bonding is one of the main reasons for the social disaster in any level of the society. One the other hand the rapid increasing of housing need encourages future mass housing. It is essential to identify the present day problems in mass scale housing to rectify the future design. Because of the design creates an impact on family bonds, it is essential to up lift the design methods as a supportive force in strengthening family bond. This will govern the path towards prosperous society.