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    Physical structures can shape human behavior as people spend more time within buildings. It is important to design structures that incorporate natural elements to benefit occupants. Open spaces are also essential for cities as they provide educational, ecological, social and economic benefits like reducing tension in deprived areas and supporting recreation and leisure activities.

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    Physical structures can shape human behavior as people spend more time within buildings. It is important to design structures that incorporate natural elements to benefit occupants. Open spaces are also essential for cities as they provide educational, ecological, social and economic benefits like reducing tension in deprived areas and supporting recreation and leisure activities.

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    First we shape our buildings, then they shape us [Winston Churchill, 1943] First we shape our buildings, then

    they shape us, then we shape them again-ad infinitum [Stewart Brand, 1994]

    Physical structure has a significant effect on human behavior. As humans find themselves spending more time enclosed within the walls of structure, it becomes valuable to design structures integrating features of the natural environment and structural landscape features into the human-made environment (Joye, 2007).

    Open space is an essential part of the urban heritage, a strong element in the architectural and aesthetic form of a city, plays an important educational role, is ecologically significant, is important for social interaction and in fostering community development and is supportive of economic objectives and activities, In particular it helps reduce the inherent tension and conflict in deprived parts of urban areas of Europe; it has an important role in providing for the recreational and leisure needs of a community and has an economic value in that of environmental enhancement (Council of Europe, 1986)

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