Hassan Salehi, - Khatam Ol-Anbia University, Tehran, Iran,
Sina Momtaz - Khatam Ol-Anbia University, Tehran, Iran,

The role of psychology in all environments is a matter of concern, which is directly related to the physical and psychological needs of humans. The importance of this issue is very significance in the shelter environment considering passive defense approach and in times of military threats and when confronting it. Since environmental psychology explores the factors that influences this process, the role of this field in creating an appropriate environment in the shelter bed is important. This research is aimed at designing a spatial structure based on social psychology that helps citizens to stay in a shelter with designed environment and psychological security. Vital factors in the social psychological approach in the shelter environment are discussed with passive approach, which analyzes the impacts of these factors in this environment with analytical-descriptive method. The proposed psychological factors that this study seeks to, include: security index, light and color index, spatial sense ofbelonging index, cultural index, design index with better performance and welfare index. Observing these issues in shelter design with the passive defense approach contributes to the calmness and mental health of citizens.

social psychology, shelter, design, passive defense