Paper Code and Title: H01RS Residential Space Designing
Module Code and Title: H01RS01 - Concept of life space: Life space, Proxemics
and Trends in house designs
Name of the Content Writer: Dr. R. Jeyagowri
CONCEPT OF LIFE SPACE: LIFE SPACE, PROXEMICS AND TRENDS IN
HOUSE DESIGNS
Introduction
House plays an important role in one’s life. Modern house is entirely different
from the traditional houses. There is a complete transformation in the house design,
space planning and the materials used in the modern houses. Life space is a new term
used to replace the word house. It not only gives people shelter from all natural
calamities but also nurtures one’s development, helps to relieve job stress and outside
world stress, promotes bonding between the family members, provides freedom to
express emotions what cannot be done outside the house, gives opportunity to exhibit
individual talents and potential. There is an adage that constructing a house and
performing marriage are equally tough tasks because both have to be done with
utmost care. If life space is not planned well it is going to affect entire households’
generation after generation. That’s why all the family members take great pain in
understanding the concept of life space – planning and processing by consulting
competent architects and implementing the plans into proper action through civil
engineers with good experience.
Objectives of the session
By the end of the session, one will be able to:
* Understand the concept of life space and its importance in one’s life.
* Study the underlying principles of proxemics and life space
* Analyze the trends in house design
Life Space
Life space is a space in which a family lives where all activities such as socia l,
private, religious, educational and emotional aspects take place in the most efficient
and comfortable way. The physical and geographic location of the site may even
change during many occasions in one’s life time, but the concept of life space is,
irrespective of the place, where all the activities to be performed will not change for
ever. It is considered as the set basic living needs of an individual.
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, Paper Code and Title: H01RS Residential Space Designing
Module Code and Title: H01RS01 - Concept of life space: Life space, Proxemics
and Trends in house designs
Name of the Content Writer: Dr. R. Jeyagowri
A good living space is required to fulfill all human activities. In modern living
space activities of an individual are well defined than they were during earlier times.
All the family members like to sleep in their own bed in their bedrooms, enjoy
socializing with their family members in living room, homemakers and others enjoy
cooking in their own kitchen and like to relish their home made food in dining,
bathing in their own specific bathroom, like to do garde ning in their own backyard.
Such a great feeling of owning each and every aspect of life space creates intimacy
among the family members results in better living atmosphere.
Importance of Life Space
Good housing is associated with good health, happy family environment and
protection. A comfortable life space provides maximum out put with in the house as
well as outside the house. A well planned life space promotes mental health thereby
all the family members would be able to lead a happy and healthy living. Everyone
who leads hectic life in the office and other outside working environment would like
to relax and get relieved of their stress in their own respective homes.
All the family members are expected to accomplish economic, protective,
social, education, religious, official and emotional functions to lead a healthy living.
For each of the above mentioned needs one need to have a separate room so that each
activity will be done in a most private manner without disturbing others activity in
this fast hectic life.
Life space provides protection
A well constructed life space provides protection from sun, wind, rain, natural
calamities, from thieves and intruders. A heavy windy, rainy day and hot summer
season one can realize the advantage of having one’s own life space where they can
feel safe and protected. Heavenly feeling would be realized exposing to heavy wind,
heavy rain or walking through the hot sunny afternoon and entering the home. Even
earth quake proof homes are constructed to avoid sudden earth quakes. Inmates of the
house that is intelligently constructed with disaster proof materials will be saved from
earth quake, flood etc . Placement of proper doors in the entrance and exit, windows,
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Module Code and Title: H01RS01 - Concept of life space: Life space, Proxemics
and Trends in house designs
Name of the Content Writer: Dr. R. Jeyagowri
CONCEPT OF LIFE SPACE: LIFE SPACE, PROXEMICS AND TRENDS IN
HOUSE DESIGNS
Introduction
House plays an important role in one’s life. Modern house is entirely different
from the traditional houses. There is a complete transformation in the house design,
space planning and the materials used in the modern houses. Life space is a new term
used to replace the word house. It not only gives people shelter from all natural
calamities but also nurtures one’s development, helps to relieve job stress and outside
world stress, promotes bonding between the family members, provides freedom to
express emotions what cannot be done outside the house, gives opportunity to exhibit
individual talents and potential. There is an adage that constructing a house and
performing marriage are equally tough tasks because both have to be done with
utmost care. If life space is not planned well it is going to affect entire households’
generation after generation. That’s why all the family members take great pain in
understanding the concept of life space – planning and processing by consulting
competent architects and implementing the plans into proper action through civil
engineers with good experience.
Objectives of the session
By the end of the session, one will be able to:
* Understand the concept of life space and its importance in one’s life.
* Study the underlying principles of proxemics and life space
* Analyze the trends in house design
Life Space
Life space is a space in which a family lives where all activities such as socia l,
private, religious, educational and emotional aspects take place in the most efficient
and comfortable way. The physical and geographic location of the site may even
change during many occasions in one’s life time, but the concept of life space is,
irrespective of the place, where all the activities to be performed will not change for
ever. It is considered as the set basic living needs of an individual.
1
, Paper Code and Title: H01RS Residential Space Designing
Module Code and Title: H01RS01 - Concept of life space: Life space, Proxemics
and Trends in house designs
Name of the Content Writer: Dr. R. Jeyagowri
A good living space is required to fulfill all human activities. In modern living
space activities of an individual are well defined than they were during earlier times.
All the family members like to sleep in their own bed in their bedrooms, enjoy
socializing with their family members in living room, homemakers and others enjoy
cooking in their own kitchen and like to relish their home made food in dining,
bathing in their own specific bathroom, like to do garde ning in their own backyard.
Such a great feeling of owning each and every aspect of life space creates intimacy
among the family members results in better living atmosphere.
Importance of Life Space
Good housing is associated with good health, happy family environment and
protection. A comfortable life space provides maximum out put with in the house as
well as outside the house. A well planned life space promotes mental health thereby
all the family members would be able to lead a happy and healthy living. Everyone
who leads hectic life in the office and other outside working environment would like
to relax and get relieved of their stress in their own respective homes.
All the family members are expected to accomplish economic, protective,
social, education, religious, official and emotional functions to lead a healthy living.
For each of the above mentioned needs one need to have a separate room so that each
activity will be done in a most private manner without disturbing others activity in
this fast hectic life.
Life space provides protection
A well constructed life space provides protection from sun, wind, rain, natural
calamities, from thieves and intruders. A heavy windy, rainy day and hot summer
season one can realize the advantage of having one’s own life space where they can
feel safe and protected. Heavenly feeling would be realized exposing to heavy wind,
heavy rain or walking through the hot sunny afternoon and entering the home. Even
earth quake proof homes are constructed to avoid sudden earth quakes. Inmates of the
house that is intelligently constructed with disaster proof materials will be saved from
earth quake, flood etc . Placement of proper doors in the entrance and exit, windows,
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