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Abstract

Our attitudes are shaped by our environments; our emotions, activities, and thoughts are affected by the surroundings in which we live. Individual personalities develop as a reflection of the environment in which they exist. Day and night, rain or shine, hot and cold; each play a significant role in the design of who we are or will be. The views and actions of the average individual vary quite differently from person to person. Neighbors in any given town have different likes and dislikes. They enjoy different hobbies, have different careers, yet they share an attribute that can't be expressed other than by their environment. A deeper investigation in order to obtain a better understanding of how people live and interact in their environments, natural and built, is essential for determining a thoughtful hypothesis. Then, the hypothesis can be used to design built environments more sensitive to its occupants and surrounding environments on a micro and macro scale.