DESIGN EVALUATION FOR HOUSING UNITS AT PRINCE SALMAN * ASSOCIATION FOR CHARITABLE HOUSING IN RIYADH

Abstract

Through the large number of charity housing projects that have been implemented in Riyadh overthe past years it was necessary to conduct an evaluation study to determine the satisfaction ofbeneficiaries for the design of the housing units in these charitable projects. King SalmanAssociation for charity Housing has been selected as a case study for this study due to its largestnumber of charitable housing projects constructed in Riyadh.This research comes due to differences in the design of charity housing units in spite of the similarityof beneficiaries characteristics، and the study aims to measure the degree of satisfaction of necessaryneeds for those who dwell in the charity housing units in order to know the basic requirements thateffects on the level of satisfaction so that it can be provided in future residential units.The study was conducted to measure the satisfaction of beneficiaries for the design of theirresidential units by comparing between the association's projects in Riyadh (the first compound، thesecond compound، the third compound، and the fourth compound). The research methodology isdivided into two parts: first، the literature review of techniques and methods to measuringsatisfaction in housing projects in both global and local cases. Second، is a field study by comparingthe satisfaction of the four residential compounds that have been run in the city of Riyadh bycomparing scores of satisfaction among the various housing units models. The study showed resultsto be taken into consideration when designing future housing units as the number of spaces، the areaand its relations with each other، visual efficiency to interfaces، environmental aspects of the unit،psychological comfort، and privacy.