This unique guide provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space. Bryan Lawson provides an ideal introduction to the topic; breaking down the complex and abstract terms used by many design theoreticians when writing about architectural space. Instead; our everyday knowledge is reintroduced to the language of design. Design values of space are challenged and informed to stimulate a new theoretical and practical approach to design.This book views architectural and urban spaces as psychological; social and partly cultural phenomena. They accommodate; separate; structure; facilitate; heighten and even celebrate human spatial behaviour.
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful. theres no there. there!By vivian bencichI was excited to read an investigation into the ethical dilemnas surrounding changing our environment through building. but instead got a dime store review of philosophical positions and how one might make a decision using those positions. That coupled with non-committal statements about buildings such as the Guggenheim in New York - how can one reconcile their admiration for the building with the knowledge that it doesnt function as well as it could- left me wondering if the whole point was that ethics is a personal choice based on experience. personal preference. beliefs and values. While. that may be true and is surely fine conversation over a drink at the local pub. its kind of weak for [$$$]and 200+ pages.I found myself pondering my positions on the case studies presented and wondering if Spectors arguments might sway me. but there were never any arguments. just possible positions. permutations and effects. Spector quotes from "Utilitarianism and Beyond""It can be argued that rational choice base on an incomplete ordering requires only that a not inferior alternative be picked. This would have required Buridans...to pick either haystack. but not neither. which was clearly an inferior alternative."By choosing to not take any position. the author falls into his own "inferior alternative". After all. we all make value judgements and decisions each day that form the basis of our own personal ethics. but none of us need to buy a book to tell us that.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Questions. that every architect should deal withBy Matevz CelikA very serious aproach to the core of the most basic questions about the architectural profession. A book that openes many questions that architects should ask themselves more than we do today if we want to gain back credibility which our profession lost somewhere in the recent past. This will be a hard job to do and this book is a good start for everyone.
