Department of Architecture and Interior Design

College of Engineering
University of Bahrain
LNDA225 – HUMAN FACTORS OF DESIGN

ASSIGNMENT 3:
IMPACT OF LOCAL CULTURAL VALUES
ON DESIGN OF A SPACE

STUDENT NAME: REEM MAHMOOD SALMAN

ID: 20198025
INSTRUCTOR: DR.MONA ALDOSSARY
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Visual privacy is an essential consideration in the design, architecture, landscape, and interior design,
especially in Arab or Islamic cultures. And the majority of Arab houses take this approach to design. For
example, in our home, we have various items to ensure the existence of privacy. For example, at the
house's edges, we have a wall extension (fig1) to ensure that the corridors are not exposed. There are also
tall plants (fig2) at the entrance and along one of the corridors to give the yard more privacy and ensure
that the house is not visible from the neighboring houses. Furthermore, the house windows are covered
with a ribbon, which prevents outsiders (in the yard) from seeing people inside the house; however, anyone
inside the house can see what's outside. And these things and points are related to both design and culture.

NEIGHBOUR HOUSE
NEIGHBOUR HOUSE

WALL PRIVACY-
EXTENSION RIBBON
HIGH
PRIVACY DUE
TO THE WALL
EXTENSION

SIDE VIEW INSIDE THE

HOUSE CAN
SIDE VIEW
SEE WAHTS
OUTSIDE
WALL EXTENSION

WINDOW COVERED WITH RIBBON

 NEIGHBOOR HOUSE

SIDE VIEW

TALL PLANTS

FIG 1: Wall extension FIG 2: Tall plant FIG 3: Window covered with ribbon