موسسه انتشارات دانشگاه تهران نشریه هنرهای زیبا: معماری و شهرسازی 2228-6020 30 4 2025 12 22 Developing a Mechanism for Experience of Dwelling Based on the Affordances of Boundary spaces Around the House: Comparative Analysis of Experts' Viewpoints and Residents' Lived Experience تدوین سازوکار تجربه‌ سکونت بر اساس قابلیت‌های فضاهای مرزی پیرامون خانه تحلیل تطبیقی دیدگاه خبرگان و تجربه‌ زیسته‌ ساکنان 23 36 106081 10.22059/jfaup.2026.408411.673151 FA الهام نوری دانشجوی دکتری معماری، گروه معماری، دانشکده معماری، دانشگاه تهران،تهران،ایران. علیرضا عینی‌فر استاد، گروه معماری، دانشکده معماری، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران. مریم غروی الخوانساری دانشیار، گروه معماری، دانشکده معماری، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران. Journal Article 2025 09 11 Boundary spaces, as the context of human interaction, can provide a theoretical tool for analyzing the experience of inhabitation. These spaces, which mediate between private and public realms, play a critical role in shaping everyday practices, perceptions, and social relationships. Understanding the relationship between boundary spaces and inhabitation requires, first, recognizing the spatial, social, and symbolic capacities of boundary spaces and, second, clearly defining inhabitation not merely as physical occupancy, but as a lived and experiential process. In this regard, inhabitation is understood as an ongoing interaction between residents, spatial configurations, and contextual conditions.<br /><br />Situated within the naturalistic paradigm and employing a qualitative research approach, this study aims to develop a conceptual model of the mechanisms underlying the experience of inhabitation based on the shaping factors of boundary spaces surrounding the home. In this framework, inhabitation is conceptualized as a dynamic, process-oriented, and context-dependent phenomenon that evolves over time. It is formed through two key spatial mechanisms including differentiation (spatial distinction) and subdivision (personalization), through which individuals and households appropriate space according to their needs, identities, and everyday practices. Boundary spaces act as mediators of these mechanisms, enabling a discorse between individual and collective domains.<br /><br />From a human-centered perspective, boundary spaces are modeled as a multi-layered system within the residential environment, structured across three analytical dimensions: physical, social, and semantic. The physical dimension addresses aspects such as spatial configuration, scale, material characteristics, permeability, visibility, and accessibility. The social dimension focuses on patterns of interaction, degrees of social control, collective behaviors, and informal regulations that emerge within boundary spaces. The semantic dimension relates to meanings, symbolic values, sense of belonging, and residents’ subjective perceptions and interpretations of space. Together, these dimensions provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how boundary spaces actively shape the experience of inhabitation.<br /><br />To examine the influence of shaping factors within each dimension, a nine-point Saaty-scale questionnaire was completed by eight academic experts in architecture and urban studies. The collected data were analyzed using the Analytic Network Process (ANP), which allows for the identification of interdependencies and feedback relationships among factors. Through this process, the relative weight of each shaping factor was determined, resulting in an initial model of the inhabitation process based on expert judgment and theoretical insight.<br /><br />In the subsequent phase, the same set of factors was evaluated by neighborhood residents using a Likert-scale questionnaire. The resulting weights were normalized to enable systematic comparison with the expert-based results. By examining the correlation between the weighted factors derived from expert opinions and those emerging from residents’ lived experiences—while also accounting for contextual influences such as socio-cultural and environmental conditions—the final model for analyzing the experience of inhabitation was developed.<br /><br />The proposed model serves as a theoretical and analytical tool that emphasizes the interactive and relational role of boundary spaces in the inhabitation process. Rather than being treated as passive or residual zones, boundary spaces are understood as active and generative elements that mediate spatial distinction and personalization, thereby playing a central role in shaping, sustaining, and interpreting the lived experience of inhabitation. فضاهای مرزی به‌عنوان عرصه‌های تعاملات انسانی، می‌توانند بستری برای تحلیل تجربه‌ی سکونت باشند. درک ارتباط بین این دو مفهوم، مسلتزم شناخت قابلیت‌های فضاهای مرزی و تعریف سکونت است. پرسش اصلی پژوهش این است که، فضاهای مرزی پیرامون خانه چگونه بر تجربه‌ی سکونت تأثیر می‌گذارند؟ پژوهش در پارادایم تفسیرگرایی و با اتکا به روش کیفی، سکونت را فرآیندی پویا و زمینه‌گرا تعریف می‌کند که بر مبنای تمایز (تمییز فضایی) و تقسیم (برای شخصی‌سازی فضا) توسط فضاهای مرزی، شکل می‌گیرد. بر این اساس فضاهای مرزی با نگاهی انسان‌محور، در سه لایه یا سه بعد کالبدی، اجتماعی، معنایی در محیط پیرامون خانه مدل‌سازی شدند. برای سنجش میزان تأثیر عوامل شکل‌دهنده‌ی هر بعد، ابتدا با بهره‌گیری از نظرات ۸ خبره دانشگاهی و تکنیک فرآیند تحلیل شبکه (ANP)، وزن عوامل مشخص‌ و مدل فرآیند سکونت به دست ‌آمد. سپس جهت تدقیق مدل در بستر واقعیت، پرسشنامه‌ای مبتنی بر طیف لیکرت توسط ساکنان تکمیل و داده‌ها با روش‌های آماری نرمال‌سازی شد. با سنجش همبستگی وزن عوامل در نظر خبرگان و تجربه‌ی ساکنان و تأثیر عوامل زمینه‌ای، مدل نهایی تحلیل تجربه‌ی سکونت به دست آمد، که فضاهای مرزی را نه صرفاً عناصری صلب، بلکه عواملی «مولد و فعال» معرفی می‌کند که از طریق پیوندهای تعاملی، کیفیت تجربه‌ی سکونت را ارتقا می‌بخشند. https://jfaup.ut.ac.ir/article_106081_a14d1ae995015947bcaadfe659332490.pdf