Theorizing Built Form and Culture

ISBN-13: 9781032437347 / Twarda / 2024 / 344 str.

Opis

This volume emphasizes the significance of Professor Amos Rapoport's lifelong scholarship. Scholars from around the world discuss the analytical relevance, expansion, and continuing application of these contributions in developing an advanced understanding of mutual relationships between people and built environments across cultures.

Recenzje

"A must-read for anyone interested in the complex ways in which people interrelate to their built environments, Theorizing Built Form and Culture is a welcome tribute to the enduring legacy of one of the eminent architectural theorists of the second half of the twentieth century."

Marcel Vellinga, Professor of Anthropology of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University

"This collection provides an exhilarating synthesis of the intellectual legacy of Amos Rapoport, one of the most essential architectural theorists of the 20th century. It offers a timely, provocative invitation to leverage this work for addressing 21st century challenges such as housing diversity, inclusive urbanization and decolonizing pedagogies and practices."

Keith Diaz Moore, Ph.D., AIA, Associate Provost, Institutional Design & Strategy and Director, Design Institute for Health & Resilience, University of Utah

Spis treści

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Henry Sanoff

Introduction: The Intellectual Legacy of Amos Rapoport

Kapila D. Silva and Nisha A. Fernando

 

Part I: Home and Work Environments 

Chapter 1

Analyzing the Transformation of the Kuwaiti House

Mohammad Al-Jassar

Chapter 2

Amos Rapoport and my journey toward Culturally Enriched Communities

Tasoulla Hadjiyanni

Chapter 3

Toward an Understanding of Environmental Evaluations in Urban Residential Areas: Continuing the Journey Enlightened by Amos Rapoport

Çağrı Imamoğlu.

Chapter 4

Integrating Amos Rapoport’s ‘Systems of Settings and Activities’ and Giddens’

‘Structuration Theory’: The socio-spatial context of live-work environments

Atiya Mahmood

Chapter 5

Expanding on Amos Rapoport’s Systems of Activities and Systems of Settings in Nursing Workspaces

Karen Keddy

Chapter 6

The courtroom as a built environment: On the usefulness of Amos Rapoport’s theoretical framework

Mateusz Stepien and Michal Dudek

 

Part II: Cultural Landscapes

Chapter 7

Sensory Experiences as Cultural Place Identity: Two Case Studies 

Nisha A. Fernando

Chapter 8

Amos in Arabia: Humanizing Principles in the Urbanization of Abu Dhabi and Riyadh

Yasser Elsheshtawy

Chapter 9

Culture, Race, and Marginalization: The Case of African American Storefront Churches in Central City Milwaukee

Asha Kutty and Newton D’souza

Chapter 10

System of Settings and Activities: Framework to Study Vernacular Settlements and Cultural Landscapes in China

Wei Zhao

Chapter 11

Heritage Tourism and Vernacular Architecture of Santhal Hamlets in Shantiniketan, India

Amita Sinha, Kailashpati Maurya, and Upama Sen

Chapter 12

Theoretical Inspirations of Amos Rapoport: Reflections on the International Studies on Vernacular Settlements (ISVS)

Ranjith Dayaratne

Chapter 13

Exploring Heritage from an Environment-Behaviour Studies Perspective

Kapila D. Silva

 

Part III: Environmental Wellbeing

Chapter 14

Ambiance á la Rapoport: Indoor Environmental Quality and Its Profiles

Ihab Elzeyadi

Chapter 15

Residential Choice and Fit in a Milwaukee Hmong Refugee Enclave 

Lynne M. Dearborn and Angelina Tsoukala

Chapter 16

People-nature interactions within activity settings: Understanding health promoting mechanisms using Amos Rapoport’s three EBS questions

Susana Alves and Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi

Chapter 17

Ageing-in-Place: The Roles of Food-related Activities Engagement among Older Indonesian Women

Widya A. Ramadhani and Lynne M. Dearborn

 

Part IV: Design Theory, Pedagogy, and Praxis

Chapter 18

Amos Rapoport on Design Knowledge: Enabling a Theory for a Trans-critical Pedagogy in Architectural Education. 

Ashraf Salama

Chapter 19

Pedagogical Implications of Amos Rapoport’s Theoretical Views

Hisham S. Gabr

Chapter 20

Connecting Design to Education Outcomes

Sean O’Donnell

Chapter 21

How does Culture influence Architecture? 

Sanjoy Mazumdar

Chapter 22

How does Architecture affect Culture?

Sanjoy Mazumdar

 

Index

O autorze

Kapila D. Silva is Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas, USA. He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA from where he received his doctorate and at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka from where he received professional architectural education. He is the lead editor of four volumes on cultural heritage management in the Asia-Pacific region (all published by Routledge) and co-author of The Ṭämpiṭavihāras of Sri Lanka: Elevated Image-houses in Buddhist Architecture (Anthem Press, 2021).

Nisha A. Fernando is Director and Associate Professor of Interior Architecture at the University of Kansas. Prior to joining KU, she was Professor of Interior Architecture at University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, USA, where she taught since 2001. She received her PhD in Environment-Behavior Studies from the School of Architecture & Urban Planning at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Her broad scope of research includes culture-space relationships and her most current research includes sensory aspects of spatial experiences and design pedagogy.