Culture, Architecture, and Design

Culture, Architecture, and Design

The three basic questions of EBS are (1) What bio-social, psychological, and cultural characteristics of human beings influence which characteristics of the built environment?; (2) What effects do which aspects of which environments have on which groups of people, under what circumstances, and when, why, and how?; and (3) Given this two-way interaction between people and environments, there must be mechanisms that link them. What are these mechanisms? Focusing on answers to these and other questions, "Culture, Architecture, and Design" discusses the relationship between culture, the built environment, and design by showing that the purpose of design is to create environments that suit users and is, therefore, user-oriented. Design must also be based on knowledge of how people and environments interact. Thus, design needs to respond to culture. In discussing (1) the nature and role of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS); (2) the types of environments; (3) the importance of culture; (4) preference, choice, and design; (5) the nature of culture; (6) the scale of culture; and (7) how to make culture usable, Amos Rapoport states that there needs to be a â€œchange from designing for oneâ€™s own culture to understanding and designing for usersâ€™ cultures and basing design on research in EBS, anthropology, and other relevant fields. Such changes should transform architecture and design so that it, in fact, does what it claims to do and! is supposed to do â€” create better (i.e., more supportive) environments.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Locke Science Publishing Co., Inc.
Binding Paperback
EANs 9780974673608
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Locke Science Publishing Co., Inc.
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9780974673608
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Culture, Architecture, and Design

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