In fact this sense of putting together and constructing of the Greek 'demo'  is so strong that it gives rise to an alternative word for house, namely 'domos'.

 

Thus in Greek there are two words for house: 'Oekos' from the verb 'oeko', to dwell, which stresses the sense of house as dwelling, and 'domos', from the verb 'demo', to construct, which highlights the sense of house as a constructed entity." 

 

 

Demetri Porphyrios

 

"Classical Architecture"