Analysing and Designing Regional Houses in Xishuangbanna: A Self-Organization Theory Perspective

Abstract

This study examines Xishuangbanna's complex housing from regional house design and self-organisation theory viewpoints. A thorough approach is used to study this topic's theoretical and methodological aspects. The study follows standards by reviewing 2022–2024 publications from (Web of Science, Google Scholar, and CNKI ), Synthesis collected important material from 72 linked papers. Since 2019, attention has increased, highlighting a significant issue in American, European, and Islamic studies. Challenges in architectural and urban planning initiatives are driving the attention. The study emphasises the importance of considering all aspects of home design physical, social, and psychological—while carefully examining contextual elements. To evaluate home privacy conceptually and practically, our research highlights a complete approach. This requires rigorous consideration of several elements and a complete justification of the complex issues and background information that affect the topic. We carefully identify the literature's primary tools, including surveys, interviews, and observations for behavioural analysis. We also recognise space syntactic analysis, architectural design inspection, and photo analysis as built environment assessment methods. User characterisation involves collecting sociodemographic and cultural data and studying how people comprehend different spatial layouts. Our research also analyses personality factors, space personalisation, user happiness, preference determination, and the impact of social interactions on these views to characterise participants.