Explaining the Capabilities of Flexibility and Spatial Organization in Housing

Architectural spaces may respond to a greater number of their users' needs at different times and thus provide more desirable performance than single-functional spaces, due to their capability of spatial organization and internal transformations. One of the subcategories of flexibility in housing as a contemplative subject is the need for access to this ability. In order to influence the desirability of flexibility and spatial organization in housing in relation to the space syntax method and the means-end chain model, the aim of this research is to set out a conceptual framework in relation to explaining the changing needs. A qualitative type of research method will be used in this study. The results show that a relationship between the feature and the activity, which is referred to as an affordance, exists whenever an action is undertaken. In the space syntax, affordances are illustrated by activities and the linkage amongst permeability, functional differentiation, and integrity and in the means-end chain, they are illustrated by features and the linkage amongst attribute, consequence, and value.