“Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you

need.” - Sarah Ban Breathnach

The Personal Need of a Home

Warm – up Question: A home is a place of great

importance in people’s lives. What features your home

important to you?

Housing and Interior Design

Vocabulary

• Housing• Physical Needs• Physiological Needs• Universal Design

Vocabulary

• Housing: – any structure built for people to live in.

• Physical Needs: – all the things the body needs to survive such as air,

sunlight, food, shelter, and sleep.• Physiological Needs: – the needs related to thoughts and emotions.

• Universal Design: – designing homes to fit people with a wide variety of

physical needs and abilities.

Physical Needs of A Home

• Basic needs housing fills for people– Shelter: a place to stay warm.– Comfort: an appropriate amount of furnishing.– Protection: a safe place between the family and

the “larger environment”– Safety: from unwanted intrusions like burglars and

wild animals

Physical Needs of A Home

• A home’s style or décor should not be one’s first thoughts when looking for a home. One should think about themselves.

• A home should be a refuge that calms, pleases, and makes no demand.

• Physical needs or demands on homes are layering and growing, with design concern for safety.

• People today tend to be more concerned that their homes are comfortable, organized and secure homes that offer peace apart from the world.

Meeting Needs through Housing

Breathing, food, water, sleep, homeostasis

Meeting Needs through Housing• Psychologist Abraham Maslow prioritized human

needs, as shown in the previous chart.• According to Maslow, as each need is met, you

progress up the pyramid to the next level.• Your basic needs must be met first.

Psychological Needs of A Home• Coming home should feel like coming home to a big

hug. • It should be a place that provides a calm, secure

place from the outside warm.• 5 main needs for personal growth that a home can

provide:– Emotional Needs– Social Needs– Privacy Needs– Intellectual Needs– Aesthetic Needs

Psychological Needs of A Home• Emotional needs: an environment that provides enough space,

light, heat, and quiet, and reduces stress. • Social needs: each family has different social needs and meet

social needs in a variety of ways.• Privacy needs: as much as people need a social space, people

also need a place that allows them to be alone.• Intellectual needs: a home can provide books, toys, games,

hobby materials and music to create a learning environment that improves people’s minds.

• Aesthetic needs: the needs to have art and beauty around them. Color, textures, and sounds help fill aesthetic needs. Bringing them together helps individuals meet the need for self-expression, for communicating who you are you.