Investigating the visual privacy on houses layouts in traditional desert settlement of Ghadames city- Libya- by using space syntax analysis

Abstract

This paper is interested with the impact of visual privacy and the built environment of traditional desert settlement in Ghadames city. The main aim of the study is to analyze the visual privacy within traditional samples of houses and neighborhoods where study employs USL Depthmap software (which is based on theory of space syntax) and questionnaire which covers about 150 samples as methods to measure the visual privacy and its influence on the built environment in the old-muddy town. Results of the paper would assist designers to improve houses’ design and town planning in terms of visual privacy and produce designs that are modern and appropriate for Islamic culture of Ghadames society. © Research India Publications.