The Scope of Architectural Theory / by Jon Lang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang, Jon.

Series:

Design Science and Innovation, 2509-5994

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil engineering.

Architecture.

Artificial intelligence.

Civil Engineering.

Artificial Intelligence.

Local Subjects:

Civil Engineering.

Architecture.

Artificial Intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book comprehensively lays out the knowledge base required for architectural practice and education at a time when artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are shaping the way architects think. Architects with a desire to retain their creative role in the design of buildings and urban spaces must understand and articulate the theoretical bases of their work and what it can achieve. This book provides a clear structure and outline of both the functional and procedural theoretical base for architects to employ in their work. It offers an intellectually rigorous basis that allows architects to understand the evolution of architecture through history as well as the advocacies of individual architects. It provides them with the scope of architectural theory necessary for designing for the future. The book can be a valuable reference for researchers and professionals interested in architectural theory and allied fields.

Contents:

Prologue: The Domain of Architecture and the Scope of Architectural Theory

Part One: Procedural and Substantive Declarative Theory: The Way Things Are

Chapter 1: The Built Environment: The Nature of Behavior Settings and the Nature of Objects

Chapter 2: Procedural Theory: The Nature of the Design Process

Chapter 3: Functional Theory: The Purposes That the Built Environment Can Serve

Chapter 4: Types and Typologies: The Basis for Much Design Thinking

Part Two: Prescriptive Theories: The Way Things Ought to Be

Chapter 5: Ends and Means: A Prolegomenon to the Study of Prescriptive Theories of Architecture

Chapter 6: Prescriptive Theories in Changing Contexts: An Outline of the History of Architecture

Chapter 7: Designing Ends and Means: Prescriptions for the Design Process

Part Three: Architects, Their Prescriptive Theories, and Their Designs

Chapter 8: Understanding Architects’ Prescriptions and Their Designs

Epilogue: Some Current Issues

References and Bibliography

Credits

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

981-9636-90-6

OCLC:

1522469585