The Role of Design Characteristics of the Internal & External Spaces of Campus to Achieve Psychological Stability “Mosul University Campus as Case Study”

The architect plays a great role in influencing the professors and students behavior of the constituent spaces of the architectural form he produces, since the occupation of this space needs to provide his biological, physical and psychological needs, thus positively affecting the performance of the users. The productivity of the individual increases, whether for work for adults or for students. The study dealt with the effect of shaping the architectural form of the buildings in general and the university buildings in particular in achieving psychological stability for professors and students to increase their positive influence and their chances of success as individuals in the society, and discussed the negative effects of these buildings on the professors and students as they design their lives and negative perception of architectural elements, principles and strategies. The researchers conducted some practical experiments regarding the role of each building on the inside of their users in terms of (space capacity or narrowness, high or low ceiling, shape and color of walls and ceiling, straight or curved architectural design lines, The value, as well as the shape and color of the furniture used). This role has been identified by distributing a questionnaire for each of the professors and students about the university building internal and external spaces at the University of Mosul, and collecting the data in special tables and then discussing the results. The architect who design and shape the architectural form of the university buildings must be well thought out as it directly affects (positively or negatively) on both of them of these configurations that he designed.