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Overview"The influential Dutch architect's long-awaited manifesto on the everyday environment as the first and best ground for establishing the significance and coherence of architecture.According to N. J. Habraken, intimate and unceasing interaction between people and the forms they inhabit uniquely defines built environment. The Structure of the Ordinary, the culmination of decades of environmental observation and design research, is a recognition and analysis of everyday environment as the wellspring of urban design and formal architecture. The author's central argument is that built environment is universally organized by the Orders of Form, Place, and Understanding. These three fundamental, interwoven principles correspond roughly to physical, biological, and social domains. Historically, ""ordinary"" environment was the background against which architects built the ""extraordinary."" Drawing upon extensive examples from archaeological and contemporary sites worldwide, the author illustrates profound recent shifts in the structure of everyday environment. One effect of these transformations, Habraken argues, has been the loss of implicit common understanding that previously enabled architects to formally enhance and innovate while still maintaining environmental coherence. Consequently, architects must now undertake a study of the ordinary as the fertile common ground in which form- and place-making are rooted. In focusing on built environment as an autonomous entity distinct from the societies and natural environments that jointly create it, this book lays the foundation for a new dialogue on methodology and pedagogy, in support of a more informed approach to professional intervention." Full Product DetailsAuthor: N. J. Habraken , Jonathan TeicherPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 26.70cm Weight: 0.998kg ISBN: 9780262581950ISBN 10: 0262581957 Pages: 382 Publication Date: 25 August 2000 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart 1 Form, the physical order: the physical structure of built environment; recognizing levels; hierarchies of enclosure; changes in enclosure hierarchy; the act of building; other forms at play. Part 2 Place, the territorial order: territory; observing territorial structure; territory and building; gates; in and out of territory; shifts in territorial structure. Part 3 Understanding, the cultural order: common understanding; patterns; the systemic environment; systems misunderstood; type; the uses of understanding.ReviewsFans of John Habraken, rejoice! Stephanie Stubbs, AI Architect Fans of John Habraken, rejoice!-Stephanie Stubbs, AI Architect Fans of John Habraken, rejoice! --Stephanie Stubbs, AI Architect Fans of John Habraken, rejoice! -Stephanie Stubbs, AI Architect Fans of John Habraken, rejoice! --Stephanie Stubbs, AI Architect Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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