Dr. Mervat El-Shafie Dr. Mervat El-Shafie‚ Assistant Professor of Architecture‚ is the Chair of the Architecture Department in the College of Engineering‚ Effat University. Dr El-Shafie received her Ph.D. in Built-Environment from Lincoln University‚ New Zealand in 1999. Her thesis entitled “Phenomenology of Built-Environment” deals with the interrelationships between people and their land‚ houses and places and how this is being affected by the processes of Modernization and Globalization. Dr
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culture‚ it is also no longer the expression of our culture”. This move‚ which separates ornament and culture‚ links Modernist architecture to the culture of modernity. Reading this now two things emerge. The first is a statement of intent – Modernist architecture clearly defines itself in relation to culture. The second is a question – how today can the relation between architecture and culture to be understood? Despite the clarity of the Loos’s definition‚ this contemporary question has a persistent quality
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project. Architecture is what runs a society. Without architecture society can be peaceful and happy but it cannot be organized and functional. Architecture brings stability to the society. Now why is architecture important? Because we all spend most of our lifetime indoors. We want a good environment. Our environment is largely effected by buildings and the amount of energy they use. When I came to lpu to study architecture I thought it will be easy but then I realized architecture requires commitment
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Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while ensuring the sustainability of natural systems and the environment‚ so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come. The term ’sustainable development ’ was used by the Brundtland Commission‚ which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising
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Indian architecture encompasses a wide variety of geographically and historically spread structures‚ and was transformed by the history of the Indian subcontinent. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that‚ although it is difficult to identify a single representative style‚ nonetheless retains a certain amount of continuity across history. The diversity of Indian culture is represented in its architecture. It is a blend of ancient and varied native traditions‚ with building
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TURGUT KAYA ASSIGNMENT-2 MELTEM MAĞDEN ING 102 CRN : 30095 JULY 18‚ 2013 VERTICAL ARCHİTECTURES With time is going on‚ people are trying to choose the best option for their living.When the population rise became in great members‚ vertical cities has been the best alternative for people.Having construction of hyperstructures that capacitates large quantities of population is the defination of
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Dematerialization of Architecture The history of discourses has been developed for centuries‚ and architecture have entered a phase of re-evaluation. Because of the prevalent technology and media of creation in the virtual world‚ contemporary architecture is dematerialized to be images and abstract ideas. The definition of architecture has become even more subjective‚ obscure‚ ambiguous and limited. We took advantages from photography and the technology of visualization. But the excessive
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Architecture Thesis‚ Learn How To Lay A Rock Solid Foundation Of Your Architectural Thesis. Writing architecture thesis is the academic task to be done to get one’s own hard-earned degree in the field of architecture. It requires rigorous efforts by the students to accomplish this task. He/she may have to become a social outcast till the achievement of architectural thesis. Architectural Thesis Subjects You will have a wide range of subjects when you will have to write your architecture thesis.
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Architecture is all about the construction and design of buildings and other physical structures. It is often considered as a blend of art‚ science and imagination. In fact‚ architecture is also related to money and investments. Any piece of Architecture has a value beyond the quantitative materialistic point of view of the economics. But value added design refers to the measurable economic benefit gained due to a design. Well‚ Architecture is considered to be the practice of designing buildings
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Rakhshaan Qazi-‐ Modern Architecture‚ Essay two Four of the leading architects of the modernist period were Adolf Loos‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ Ludwig Mies Van der Rode‚ and Louis Kahn. These architects drew significantly from each other and explored similar ideas in their establishing of a new standard
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