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People and Buildings (Hardcover)
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People and Buildings (Hardcover)
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There is at the present time a continuing interest in relating the
behavioral sciences to design disciplines. Sociologists and social
psychologists have been added to faculties of architecture schools,
where they off er seminars and participate as programming
specialists and design critics in studio courses. Behavioral
scientists in many European countries have collaborated with
architects and planners in design work undertaken by governmental
ministries, and more recently have been participating in the work
of private design fi rms. Similar developments are now common in
the United States. In this fascinating study of the "ecology of
buildings," biologists, anthropologists, sociologists,
psychologists, and architects analyze the effect of working and
living spaces on human behavior. Focusing on such contemporary
social problems as the influence of the physical environment on
psychological stress, mental illness, family disorganization, urban
violence, and delinquency, the contributors show that we must
respect the constraints that the environment and the nature of man
impose on human adaptability. The selections in People and
Buildings have been written primarily by scientists and designers
working in the behavioral mode. The selections within each part
have been arranged to provide an ordered argument or exploration of
the general topic with which the part as a whole deals. To
facilitate the reader's appreciation of the argument, each
selection is preceded by a short prefatory statement. In view of
the fact that a single article or preface can hardly be
representative of the depth of the literature that has developed
around an argument, Gutman has included an annotated bibliography,
which is keyed to the selections through the use of subheadings. A
new introduction by Nathan Glazer has been prepared for this
edition.
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