"House as a symbol of self" : examination of its impact on urban mass housing

Abstract

Human is an identified individual living creature in the existing world. The mental notion of a man has about its physical, psychological and social attributes, as well as its attitudes, beliefs and ideas, express him or her self in an existing society. The most socialist built-form is the house which entails the maintenance of balance between an individual's inner and outer self which he becomes a part of it. People have to satisfy their physical needs as well as their psychological needs for survival. The macro context also is a factor that defines a habitable space. This situation generates an impact on "Self' and "House". The struggle to overcome the impact of .self Vs house may create a chaotic condition of the man-made environment. Architecture has been developed out of the process of mans inner self to fulfill his or her psychological comfort. Thus, Architecture is the process and the product of human habitation. Habraken.N.J. (1983)