What is the relationship between housing characteristics and the elements of flourishing?

That is the topic of Christopher Alexander's series of books on architecture and the patterns behind it.

The book I got the most of was A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction which contains lots and lots of architectural patterns large and small for humane living. It is somewhat dated in the examples but less so in the patterns themselves. I recommend against "A timeless way of building" which is more philosophical and less grounded in empirical facts (many of which are given for many patterns in the former).

I have applied some of the patterns in my own house to good measure.