IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL CULTURE TO ARCHITECTURE
THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING SCIENCE
NAME: NYAGAYA SAMUEL PETER
REG. NO: B02/0966/2014
IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL CULTURE
IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL CULTURE
Material culture consists of the physical elements that define the culture of a society, this include the tangible and visible instruments that show the technological development of that society. These are the materials that the community use in their way of life, developed by the various societies in different ways and technological complexity. They include tools, dwellings, artifacts, war machinery and music instruments among others. Material culture advanced at different speeds in different communities depending majorly on the needs of the community at that particular time and technological ability. Building structures such as homes and roads, which are products of architecture, provide the major contribution to material culture. This brings out clearly the importance of architecture in the development of material culture, and the same way, material culture is so important in architecture and other fields as discussed below.
For architects, material culture can be a great source of inspiration in designing of buildings. Many architectural designs source their inspiration from the material culture of a society. Physical cultural elements such as the African hut, the gourd, the African pot and the African mat have inspired African architecture. A good number of buildings in Africa have their inspiration from very old buildings in Asia and Europe, mostly religious places of worship such as the churches and mosques, almost all mosques have a similar design that traces its origin way back in the Asian countries where Mughal style of architecture was developed. Such are forms of material culture as they played a central role in defining the religion of the people during that time.
Since
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING SCIENCE
NAME: NYAGAYA SAMUEL PETER
REG. NO: B02/0966/2014
IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL CULTURE
IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL CULTURE
Material culture consists of the physical elements that define the culture of a society, this include the tangible and visible instruments that show the technological development of that society. These are the materials that the community use in their way of life, developed by the various societies in different ways and technological complexity. They include tools, dwellings, artifacts, war machinery and music instruments among others. Material culture advanced at different speeds in different communities depending majorly on the needs of the community at that particular time and technological ability. Building structures such as homes and roads, which are products of architecture, provide the major contribution to material culture. This brings out clearly the importance of architecture in the development of material culture, and the same way, material culture is so important in architecture and other fields as discussed below.
For architects, material culture can be a great source of inspiration in designing of buildings. Many architectural designs source their inspiration from the material culture of a society. Physical cultural elements such as the African hut, the gourd, the African pot and the African mat have inspired African architecture. A good number of buildings in Africa have their inspiration from very old buildings in Asia and Europe, mostly religious places of worship such as the churches and mosques, almost all mosques have a similar design that traces its origin way back in the Asian countries where Mughal style of architecture was developed. Such are forms of material culture as they played a central role in defining the religion of the people during that time.
Since
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