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Architecture and Embodiment - The Implications of the New Sciences and Humanities for Design (Paperback, New)
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Architecture and Embodiment - The Implications of the New Sciences and Humanities for Design (Paperback, New)
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In recent years we have seen a number of dramatic discoveries
within the biological and related sciences. Traditional arguments
such as "nature versus nurture" are rapidly disappearing because of
the realization that just as we are affecting our environments, so
too do these altered environments restructure our cognitive
abilities and outlooks. If the biological and technological
breakthroughs are promising benefits such as extended life
expectancies, these same discoveries also have the potential to
improve in significant ways the quality of our built environments.
This poses a compelling challenge to conventional architectural
theory... This is the first book to consider these new scientific
and humanistic models in architectural terms. Constructed as a
series of five essays around the themes of beauty, culture,
emotion, the experience of architecture, and artistic play, this
book draws upon a broad range of discussions taking place in
philosophy, psychology, biology, neuroscience, and anthropology,
and in doing so questions what implications these discussions hold
for architectural design. Drawing upon a wealth of research,
Mallgrave argues that we should turn our focus away from the
objectification of architecture (treating design as the creation of
objects) and redirect it back to those for whom we design: the
people inhabiting our built environments.
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