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Subject Area

Architectural Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

The research addresses the concept of Healthy Home for Kids and the importance of considering their needs and requirements in home design, because of Kids represents the nucleus and future of communities, also Home is the place where children spend most of the time and has a direct impact on their development, composition, and preparation for coexistence with the surrounding community. In spite of the importance of Home for Kids it is the most destructive building for children and does not help to stimulate children's basic areas of development in a comprehensive and integrated manner as a result of the inadequate design of most homes; Accordingly, the research methodology for solving this problem is based on the analytical theoretical approach to recognize the characteristics of the healthy home, the available application and the expertise of designers in applying this Concept to extract the data required to build the indicative matrix (Research Goal) which represents the architectural application of the findings and recommendations of researches and reports specialized in children's affairs, the proposed matrix structure is easy to use for revision And addressing weaknesses in home according to Healthy Homes Requirements. Where The matrix structure consists of four main columns, the first column (Healthy Home Requirements), the second column (application Strategies), the third column for a validity mark (Strategy application), and the fourth column for an error mark (Strategy non-application)

Keywords

Healthy Home, Kids Injuries, Kid’s Needs, Matrix, Architectural Strategies

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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