Architecture, Mentalities and Meaning (e-bog) af Malone, Patrick
Malone, Patrick (forfatter)

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
Forfattere Malone, Patrick (forfatter)
Forlag Routledge
Udgivet 14 juni 2017
Længde 228 sider
Genrer Architecture
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781351675369
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.