Beyond Smart Housing

Bridging Culture, Technology, and Community
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-35991-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Beyond Smart Housing: Bridging Culture, Technology, and Community introduces a holistic understanding of smart living that values both efficiency and empathy, repositioning the idea of smart housing within a human-centered, culturally grounded, and socially aware framework.

In recent decades, the notion of “smart housing” has evolved into a dominant paradigm within architecture, planning, and urban innovation. Yet, much of this discourse remains narrowly focused on technological efficiency, automation, and energy optimization. This book challenges this limited view by exploring the deeper layers of what it truly means for a home, and by extension, a community, to be “smart.” It argues that genuine intelligence in housing cannot be reduced to devices, data, or digital connectivity alone, but must also encompass cultural meaning, social interaction, and emotional attachment. The book unfolds in three analytical layers: 1. The House: as an individual unit of living, exploring its psychological, spatial, and sensory meanings; 2. The Home: as a lived and emotional space, shaped by identity, memory, and self-expression; 3. Housing and Neighborhood: as collective systems of life, where cultural intelligence and everyday practices sustain social cohesion. The book draws inspiration from real-world examples including the Dutch woonerf and field observations from Bojnord, Iran, to show how the idea of “everyday intelligence” already exists within lived social patterns. These cases illustrate that true smartness may arise not only from technology but from community behavior, shared awareness, and mutual care.

This book invites scholars and students, urban policymakers, designers, architects, and anyone who has ever wondered what makes a home and neighborhood truly smart to rethink the smart home as a living, learning environment: one that cultivates resilience, inclusivity, and emotional well-being.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sedaghati, Atefeh

Behzadfar, Mostafa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Intelligence and Its Role in Smart Housing. 2. Discovering Smart Housing. 3. Blending Smart Technology with Cultural Preferences. 4. Applying Woonerf Principles to Smart Street Design: A Case Study in Bojnord, Iran. 5. Epilogue - Concluding Comments.

Über Autor(innen)

Atefeh Sedaghati is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bojnord, Iran. She earned her Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the Islamic Art University of Tabriz and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). Her research focuses on smart housing and its implications for sustainable urban planning, emphasizing social interactions within neighborhoods. She also specializes in housing studies and housing value analysis, applying hedonic pricing and empirical model selection methods to investigate urban market dynamics and inform development strategies.

Mostafa Behzadfar is a Professor in the Urban Planning Department at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. His main research interests include place-making dimensions and qualities, urban planning and technology, smart cities, and Iranian-Islamic implications in urban design. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Design from the University of Sydney, Australia, with a dissertation on environmentally responsive streets and urban design in Iran. He is also the head of the Smart City Research Lab at IUST.