The house is cultural freedom that separates us from the other. And at the same time, it enables our life and our coexistence with others. The concept of privacy and individuality are cultural concepts that vary from culture to culture. In societies where individualism is more developed and individualistic values overcome, privacy in both spatial and social terms is one of the key concepts of social life. On the other hand, the phenomenology of the concept of housing is that it can play a fundamental role in the architectural and urban design process. And the context in which the designer of the city or the architect is tied up is of fundamental importance. This article also addresses this issue. Given the descriptive-analytical method and the rational reasoning method with data collection tools: library and solar studies have been addressed to the aforementioned issue. Finally, the views of Martin Heidegger and Christine Norberg Schultz are briefly explained in the nature and concept of housing.