Contribution à la production des espaces intermédiaires extérieurs : Cas de l’habitat collectif à Sétif

Abstract

The residential area has always been the support of life and practices related to perceptions of its inhabitants. The match between practices and conceptual qualities of the space was not always assured, especially in collective (mass) housing. Products of the situation of emergency experienced by Algeria, the intermediate outdoor spaces attended mainly to the use of the name of "dormitory" and participated on affecting the satisfaction of residents to their housing estates. To identify the characteristics of the intermediate outdoor space that influence on inhabitant’s satisfaction and their social practices, the study is based on an approach involving the opinion of the people at the center of interest. By using: observation behaviors and practices within the intermediate outdoor space, its evaluation using an analytical model developed on the basis of specific criteria and finally, the questionnaire to capture the perception of people. The study proposes a remedy to the structural rigidity of the intermediate outdoor space by redefining (acting or operating) on its boundaries and hierarchy, thus its different components to promote aspects of social interaction, sense of community, control and appropriation of space and to respond (meet) to specific needs of different groups space users. The regulation of complementary activities and the establishment of a participatory multidisciplinary formal production of mass housing with other suggestions seem to be possible solutions to the problems raised.