Scribd
Upload
1K views

What Is Your Definition of Architectural Theory

Architectural theory is the act of thinking about, discussing, and writing about architecture. It is taught in architecture schools and practiced by leading architects. Architectural theory takes forms such as lectures, treatises, books, and competition entries. It has existed since antiquity but gained more richness with increased publishing in the 20th century, allowing styles to form and change more quickly. Urban theoretical architecture combines imagination with applying natural laws to structures to discover and build principles of architectural theory.

Uploaded by

Ito Merlano
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
1K views

What Is Your Definition of Architectural Theory

Architectural theory is the act of thinking about, discussing, and writing about architecture. It is taught in architecture schools and practiced by leading architects. Architectural theory takes forms such as lectures, treatises, books, and competition entries. It has existed since antiquity but gained more richness with increased publishing in the 20th century, allowing styles to form and change more quickly. Urban theoretical architecture combines imagination with applying natural laws to structures to discover and build principles of architectural theory.

Uploaded by

Ito Merlano
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

WHAT IS

THEORY?

YOUR

DEFINITION

OF

ARCHITECTURAL

Architectural theory is the act of thinking, discussing, and writing


about architecture. Architectural theory is taught in most architecture
schools and is practiced by the world's leading architects. Some forms
that architecture theory takes are the lecture or dialogue, the treatise
or book, and the paper project or competition entry. Architectural
theory is often didactic, and theorists tend to stay close to or work
from within schools. It has existed in some form since antiquity, and
as publishing became more common, architectural theory gained an
increased richness. Books, magazines, and journals published an
unprecedented amount of works by architects and critics in the 20th
century. As a result, styles and movements formed and dissolved
much more quickly than the relatively enduring modes in earlier
history. It is to be expected that the use of the internet will further the
discourse on architecture in the 21st century.
Urban Theoretical Architecture emerges balanced on a cusp joining
imagination to reality. Urban design as the study of the design and
construction of cities is a subset of architecture, so perhaps urban
architecture is a name more appropriate to the study. Principles,
methodology, and veracities of architecture all apply to urban design.
The discipline Theoretical Architecture defines a study combining
architectural imagination and application of laws of nature upon the
structures of imagination to discover, refine and build elements of
architectural theory. Since theory is the systematic statement of
principles, formulation of apparent relationships or underlying
principles and fundamental truth, Theoretical Architecture and its
sub discipline of Urban Theoretical Architecture are methodologies for
discovering, refining, and building principles, relationships, and
fundamental truth.

Meja Tamara,Tatiana

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF ARCHITECTURAL


THEORY
Theory of Architecture is not History of Architecture by another name.
History deals with buildings and the various styles of architecture
which have arisen throughout time. History in this sense is a
description of the architectural facts.
This relation between the architectural form of buildings during a
particular period the historical facts - and the institutions (the
environment) which they represent is the area of Theory of
architecture. Theory of architecture can be understood in several
ways:

Theory acts as a critical function between what architects


actually do and what they think they are doing or what they
should be doing. It identifies the difference between
performance and achievement. If the task of architecture is the
correct or accurate representation of its environment (social
institutions), then theory assesses how well that task has been
achieved.
Theory identifies problems which occur when architecture fails
to represent its environment successfully. These are semantic
problems. That is, problems of MEANING where the identity of
the institution (its character, purpose or organization) cannot be
understood or predicted by looking at its architectural form.
Theory of architecture analyses the causes of such problems
and in some cases offers solutions. When we say that Theory is
used to analyse something, we mean something quite specific.
That is, how successfully architecture represents that particular
institution.

Correa Portales, Claudia

You might also like