Architecture, Mentalities and Meaning e-bog
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In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces. Thus, architecture embodies reductive logic that conditions the treatment of human and social processes - which raises the question of how to define objectivity for architectural mentalities that must conform to a set of immediate conditions.This book focuses on meani...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
14 juni 2017
Længde
228 sider
Genrer
Architecture
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781351675352
In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces. Thus, architecture embodies reductive logic that conditions the treatment of human and social processes - which raises the question of how to define objectivity for architectural mentalities that must conform to a set of immediate conditions.This book focuses on meaning, and on the physical and mental processes that define life in built environments. The potential to draw knowledge from aesthetics, psychology, political economy, philosophy, geography, and sociology is offset by the fact that architectural logic is inevitably reductive, cultural, socio-economic, and political. However, despite the duty to conform, it is argued that the treatment of human processes, and the understanding of architectural mentalities, can benefit from interdisciplinary linkages, small freedoms, and cracks in a system of imperatives that can yield the means of greater objectivity.This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in architectural theory as a working reality, and in the relationships between architecture and other fields.