The Role of Environmental Psychology in High-rise Buildings based on Sustainable Architecture Attitude

Subject Areas : architecture

Abdolhadi Daneshpour ¹ , Mojtaba Mahdavinia ² , Mohammad Mehdi Ghiai ³

1 - Ph.D. Assistant professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST). (Corresponding Author)
2 - Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST)
3 - Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2009-08-17 Accepted : 2009-09-17 Published : 2009-12-22

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Abstract :

  According to the uncontrolled population growth and urbanity and also the increase of immigrations to cities and the lack of appropriate construction areas, the high rising strategy is being promoted. On the other hand, in this type of building, because of high user density in a limited area and the considerable use of energy resources during construction and exploitation, sustainable attitude have to be pursued not only in design process but also during exploitation. Since achieving the goals of sustainable architecture is impossible without attention to user’s behavior, the psychological terms and behavioral sciences play the key role. In this regard, few of the researches that have already been done are about the psychological and behavioral aspects of sustainability attitude.   In This paper, the role of environmental psychology in sustainable high rise building design is recognized and also in order to promotion of this type of behavior through Maslow pyramid model of needs, the ways and strategies are explored. In the next step, with considering of the role of “attitude” in promoting individual and social behaviors, the strategies of “education” and “resources management” have been presented. Finally, environmental psychology as a basis for motivating sustainable behavior by users is introduced.

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