beings to become a part of their surrounding environment, on an urban scale. The framework will include concentrating on the spatial parameters and the morphological structures of the built form in the urban fabric concerning their combined impact on the human experience and behavior. In this research, while studying the interrelationship between humans and the places that surround them, I wish to throw light on the increasing ignorance of people towards their surrounding places. Modern bonds to places are declining in contemporary urban cities and places are becoming less meaningful while losing their identities. Eventually leading to the deterioration of the public realm and hence injecting the ‗placelessness‘ amongst the locale.(Perera, n.d.) Hence, the study will examine the concepts and definitions of place as against the causes for placelessness and investigate the various adverse factors resulting in the placelessness in contemporary urban places while focusing on the social and physical contexts that form the urban culture and experiences of it. Once the content, for the impact of the built environment on mental well-being and causes for increasing placelessness, is established; it is the main aim of the paper to, therefore, investigate the relationship between the increasing placelessness in the contemporary urban areas and the mental well-being of the people.
1.1 Research Question How is the mental health of people in modern cities getting affected by the increasing placelessness in contemporary urban areas? What is the role of designers in creating a built environment that contributes to positive health and well-being?
1. What is the cause of placelessness in contemporary urban places? 2. How does the built environment impact human health and social well being? And how is it getting affected by the increasing placelessness? 3. What is the importance of the built environment in shaping human experiences and behavior in the public realm? How can architects benefit from this to design an environment that affects the human mind positively?
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