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Problem:

 In a two-way relationship with the surrounding environment, human affects the environment on the one hand and is also under the influence of the environment on the other hand. The quality of the physical environment affects the mental health of individuals, and decreases or increases depression, stress, liveliness, vitality, and other states of individuals.

This study aims to explain and evaluate the effectiveness of physical factors of open space of residential complexes on the mental health of elderlies.

The method of this study is quantitative, and is among descriptive-analytical studies with correlation type in terms of objective.

Findings indicate a direct and significant relationship between physical components: place desirability, appropriateness with cognitive-perceptual abilities, permeability, geometry, location, and mental health of elderlies. Moreover, all components identified in this study could affect the liveliness, vitality, and mental health of elderlies although the effect levels are different between various studied buildings.

This study aimed to investigate the components of factors affecting the architecture of libraries role in user's satisfaction in 1392. The research method is descriptive and of survey type. Statistical population consisted of all the people of Ilam, the possibility of using the library have been formed. Using the classified random sampling technique, 120 individuals were selected and studied. Also, questionnaires were used to collect data and their validity was tested by experts and the reliability was checked by Cronbach's alpha (α= 0.88). The hypothesis using statistical methods, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients were analyzed. Results showed that the majority of respondents satisfied the items discussed in the theory of architecture at a moderate level. The ks test results were normal and t test of the hypothesis suggest that there is a significant relationship between the levels of user's satisfaction and varied of architecture, at the level of 99%. This means that considering the architecture library of the factors affecting the level of client satisfaction is influential.