Privacy: Meaning and Concept in Shaping The Architectural Space in The Residential Environment

Mahmoud M. ldris College of Architecture and Planning,

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(Received on 3/12/1413; accepted for pulbication on 27/3/1415)

Abstract. Privacy does not have a simple meaning. It takes on many forms and can be expressed in differ­ent ways. It is influenced by many interrelated factors such as : the social, psychological, economic and political ones. It is evident that these factors have great influence on the privacy and eventually play a great role in shaping our living spaces, both the inside and the outside ones.

This paper, however, discusses the problem of privacy in three levels: it's meaning and concept, the factors shaping it and the parameters affecting the design of the residential spaces.