Interpretation in Architecture: Design as Way of Thinking

by Snodgrass; Adrian

• ISBN13: 9780415384490
• ISBN10: 0415384494
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-12-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Interpretation is everywhere in architecture.; it is evident in the very act of architectural creation. This collection of essays captures the reflective experience of teachers in the architectural design studio who take interpretation as the core of architectural production and hence of architectural understanding. The introduction of the computer in the design studio revived expectations of a more scientific approach to architectural design. This revival in design methods has been largely eclipsed by a more lucid approach to method. But in many respects the studio climate is similar to that in which eighteenth and nineteenth century humanists defended interpretation as the mode of reasoning in the humanities and social sciences. This anthology is structured around six interpretive themes: play, edification, metaphor, authority, otherness and equipmentality. This book is unique in drawing together strands of thought informed by the diverse reflections of hermeneutical scholarship, the uses of digitalmedia and studio teaching and practice.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface 8-10 Introduction: Architecture and Coherence 11-50 Section 1. Play 51-55 Architectural Hermeneutics 56-103 Playing by the Rules 104-122 Creativity as Commonplace 123-142 Section 2. Edification 143-146 The Disintegrated Curriculum 147-184 Ethics and Practice 185-192 Design Assessment 193-213 Design Amnesia 214-234 Section 3. Otherness 235-241 The Fusion of Horizons 242-263 A World of Difference 264-283 Myth, Mandala and Metaphor 284-322 Translating Tradition 323-354 Thinking Through the Gap 355-390 Random Thoughts on the Way 391-410 Coda 411-412 Notes [move to here] References 413-449 Index