Abstract:
The houses which are not suitable for children’s behavioral needs and are not proportionate
to their cognitive patterns cannot play a significant role in reinforcing children’s physical and mental
development process. Meanwhile, living in these houses is inevitable due to numerous reasons including economy. The extreme results of this form of life can lead to consequences such as children’s overweight, spatial cognition development problems in analyzing and recognizing the environment, children’s sociability problems as well as an increase in the number of children whose physical development does not match their age range. In such situation, taking residential spaces which are suitable for children into account can be influential in their cognitive and behavioral patterns development. Therefore, the present study aims to scrutinize the appropriate features of children’s spaces through their recognition and understanding of their behavioral and cognitive characteristics. These spaces need to match their behavioral features and should meet their cognitive needs. To this end, the functions of spaces in connection with children and their influential spatial characteristics were determined through the analysis of the data collected from library resources. Thereafter, these initial features were adjusted to the opinions of architectural experts and professors. To this purpose, correlation research approach and survey questionnaire technique were applied. Finally, the achieved data was analyzed using factor analysis statistical test in SPSS software. In the end, using the findings of theoretical field studies, the necessary features of residential spaces that should be adjusted to children’s cognitive and behavioral needs were provided.
Machine summary:
In the end, using the findings of theoretical field studies, the necessary features of residential spaces that should be adjusted to children’s cognitive and behavioral needs were provided ABSTRACT: .
They think most of spaces provided for children are being designed without considering children’s real needs and are just based on designers’ personal experiences, interests and perceptions or according to some general psychological characteristics such as variety in colors, shape, etc.
Considering the fact that park plays a significant role in flourishing children’s talents, the researcher believes that if the place is designed in a way that its meet children’s perceptional needs, they would feel a sense of belonging in these spaces.
Based on the conclusion of the research theoretical framework, the first, second and third factors can be introduced as "providing a learning environment for children", "facilitating children’s behavioral needs", and "promoting perception of children", respectively.
Coefficient of Correlation between Component (View the image of this page) <H2>CONCLUSION</H2> Children’s interactions with their environments has always been considered as a significant factor in their physical, mental, psychological and social development.
Hence, based on the research findings, the main environmental functions to make houses appropriate for children’s needs can be classified into three main categories: &quot;providing a learning environment for children&quot;, &quot;facilitating children behavioral needs&quot;, and &quot;promoting perception of children&quot;.
Taking the aforementioned issues into consideration for designing houses can make spaces compatible to children’s behavioral and cognitive needs and provide children with the opportunity to cooperate and play their social roles in order to improve the social knowledge and creativity.