Architecture and forming social relations – creation of space based on assumptions of environmental psychology

Abstract

The general purpose of the article is to consider design process from the social needs perspective and the attempt to interpret the idea of participative design. Based on the environmental psychology assumptions, the efforts were made to estimate the chances and risks arising from the incorporation of users into the process of designing.

Keywords

• participative architecture
• environmental psychology
• social space
• the relation between a user and a designer