2. Chapter 7 Living Spaces The way people live defines the dwelling form. A dwelling reflects the socio-cultural forces, including religious beliefs, family and clan structure, social organization, way of gaining livelihood, and social relation between individuals. The forms of primitive and vernacular buildings are less the result of individual desires that of the aims and desires of the unified group for an ideal environment. The factors that affect a dwelling space can be as below: 1. Basic needs 2. Family structure 3. Position of women 4. Privacy 5. Social interaction
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4. Family Structure : Joint family, Conjugal family and nucleated family will have the spaces define accordingly. Monogamy or polygamy and the way the hierarchy of the members of the family are treated define the dwelling spaces.
