relations at the various levels including private spaces (individual level), public/private environments (neighbourhood-community level), public environments (individual/community level) and global environments (societal level). (Moser and Uzzell, 2003) 3.2 How is Built Environment perceived? To understand the effects of built environment on human health and well-being, it is important to learn how the human mind perceives and responses to the built environment surrounding it. The more we understand about the human nature the better we will be able to design for the them. The architectural environment, where the main life activities of any society take place affects its user in a dominant way as individuals do not only attempt to adapt with their environment passively, but also modify it actively to match their needs by acting individually or collectively. The surrounding environment is considered as the context of behaviour and reactions consequently our moods and behaviours are significant only if they can be understood in terms of their context. So, the relation between the surrounding physical environment and behaviour is deep-rooted and interwoven. (ABDEL KADER1, n.d.) The following Jon Lang diagram shows the process concerning the interface between human and environment.
Figure 2 Interface between human and environment, Source: ABDEL KADER1, n.d
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