Physical Visual Properties of Domestic Space that affects on the Degree of Choice for Occupations Daily Activities Isovist-Graph of contemporary houses in Mosul city

Abstract

The specific patterns of everyday life in the domestic space vary according to the cultures of the people, which are reflected in the variation of houses designs in terms of size, number and pattern of their basic spaces, as well as spatial relations between them. The domestic space is the basic space unit of the dwelling, the daily life of this space is based mainly on the social beliefs and customs practiced by the family in human society. The problem of research in determining the local privacy of the domestic space Within the context of the contemporary local houses and what the domestic space creates possibilities, determinants, and obstacles that determine the types, patterns and periods of daily activities of the Iraqi family. The aim of the research was to arrive at the effect of the visual properties of the domestic space (the vision plan) on the degree of choice that space provides for the daily activities of the whole family and at any time intervals. The nature of this relationship was investigated in a practical study of a sample of contemporary local dwellings and using (Depth Map 10) software application to measure the size of the vision plans of their schemas, given that the visual structure of the household space enhances the structure of space permeability with each other.