Sense of place in the process of changing the configuration and activity of rural housing types

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the effect of configuration changes and activities of rural housing types on the sense of place of residents. For this purpose, 382 houses from two types of rural housing in Guilan, Iran are randomly selected. The analysis of houses is done through space syntax and analysis of activities is done through structured interviews, chi-square test, and balloon and cluster analyses. Also, ten indicators are used to evaluate the sense of place in R software. The results show that the typological changes of rural housing have changed the configuration and the place of activities, affecting the sense of place of residents. It is observed that the sense of place in indigenous housing is more than engineered housing. Therefore, it is necessary to design a rural housing configuration with appropriate spatial quality for residents’ activities in order to strengthen their sense of place.