An Investigation Study on Phenomenological Concepts in Modern Architecture
Journal Title: Scientia Agriculturae - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
This research approaches the question of the role of the user in architecture from a phenomenological perspective. In the most common understanding, the formulation “user-oriented” has a strong methodological emphasis, directing attention to ways of getting feedback from the users and integrating it directly in the design process. This project, instead, concentrates foremost on the ontological and epistemological dimensions of the users’ role. It asks primarily why it is important to include individuals in a design process and how architects should approach a user’s experience in a non-reductive way. The initial question of user involvement leads here to more general issues, such as the cultural context of architecture; architectural ethics; the role of tradition; the views of creativity and art; the challenges of globalization; and the professional ethos. The initial part of the research explicates how different paradigms within contemporary architectural discourse ground different approaches to users. It reveals certain limitations of the dominating conceptual positions (post positivism, critical theory, constructivism), and argues in turn for a need of adopting a paradigm that could support a more user- and context-sensitive architectural practice. The subsequent part of the study points at the relevance of phenomenology of conceptualizing user involvement in architecture. First, the research discusses ontological, epistemological and methodological assumptions of phenomenology focusing on the ideas of Life world, lived experience, and interpretation. These concepts are reexamined in terms of their implications for the role of user in architecture. This discussion is supplemented with a consideration of the phenomenological account of space as given in lived experience, and the Views of art and ethics grounded in the life world. Second, the study addresses the relevance of phenomenology in contemporary, globalized conditions, which to some extent unsettle previous ways of thinking about architecture and its users.
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Reza Mehrabi
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An Investigation Study on Phenomenological Concepts in Modern Architecture
This research approaches the question of the role of the user in architecture from a phenomenological perspective. In the most common understanding, the formulation “user-oriented” has a strong methodological empha...