The researchers in architecture domain are often intrigued by the role of various factors in shaping residential architecture. The researchers studying vernacular architecture, traditional architecture, housing in historic precincts and contemporary housing have often discussed how various factors affect the architecture of single-family housing. The architecture of multi-family housing, especially the architecture of redevelopment of multi-family housing, is seldom discussed in literature. Majority of research are qualitative owing to the nature of variables. This research aims to identify the factors that shape the architecture of redevelopment of multi-family housing. The research employs qualitative method to identify the variables at exploratory stage and quantitative method to extract the meaningful factors using factor analysis at the later stage. This research demonstrates application of factor analysis in architectural research. It also informs how literature study and exploratory research can be constructive in interpreting the results of factor analysis based on which the strongest and most appropriate solution of factor analysis can be selected for drawing conclusions. This research quantitatively brings forth these factors and this is a significant contribution of this research.

redevelopment, multi-family housing, factor analysis.

Received: November 22, 2022; Revised: October 2, 2023; Accepted: October 19, 2023; Published: November 15, 2023

How to cite this article: Vaishali Anagal and Abhijit Natu, Identifying factors shaping architecture of residential redevelopment - application of factor analysis model in architectural research, Advances and Applications in Statistics 90(2) (2023), 161-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0972361723068

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