Architecture, Mentalities and Meaning

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Patrick Malone ISBN: 9781351675352
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 14, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Patrick Malone
ISBN: 9781351675352
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 14, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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 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.

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