The Effect Of Design Treatments Of Building Barriers on Providing Visual Blocking in Residential Homes

Many modern residential buildings lack visual barriers between their interior spaces to provide privacy, such as those created by doors and other openings. This is due to a lack of consideration for the placement of these openings. This research aims to explore design treatments that enhance visual barriers between spaces. Visual barriers are understood through visual connection and lack of visual connection, according to the research concept. The study examines several residential building plans of different styles and identifies the elements of visual barriers within these buildings. The degree of visual barrier for each architectural design treatment is measured by analyzing the visual connection and lack of visual connection within the building, as well as at any point inside or outside the building. Visual connection and lack of visual connection refer to direct or indirect visibility, respectively. The efficiency of each architectural design treatment is compared in terms of its degree of visual obstruction from the outside towards the inside, as well as the efficiency of internal architectural design treatments in terms of their degree of internal visual obstruction between spaces. This comparison is performed mathematically to determine the efficiency of each design treatment. The relationship between the architectural design style and its performance in visual obstruction is explored, and the degree of obstruction is evaluated to enable architects to incorporate it into their designs in a way that meets the social needs of the contemporary Iraqi citizen.