Architecture and Spatial Culture

List of contents

1. Architecture and spatial culture: an outline 2. A definition of spatial culture 3. On the pedagogical functions of the city: a morphology of adolescence in Athens, 1967–1973 4. Space designed. Patterns of architectural education, 1973–1983 5. Modalities of spatial culture and the role of design 6. Descriptions of space 7. Rich descriptions and correlative codes

About the author

John Peponis is a professor of architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology whose faculty he joined in 1989. He develops analytical concepts and methods for the description of built space and the measurement of its human affordances and functions. He was a part-time member of the faculty of the National Technical University of Athens, 1992–2005. As a researcher and lecturer at the Bartlett/UCL (1978–1988), he was among the co-creators of Space Syntax. He has collaborated with Kokkinou and Kourkoulas Architects since 1992 as an architectural consultant.

Summary

Architecture and Spatial Culture argues that architecture matters because it makes the settings of our life intelligible, so that we can sustain or creatively transform them.

Product details

• Authors: John Peponis, John (Professor of Architecture At the Ge Peponis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032500423
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250042-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Professional interior design, Psychology, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, Regional & area planning, Architecture: interior design, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Theory of architecture, Regional and area planning, Civil engineering, surveying and building