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Dr. Mohamed Adel Dessouki Eng. Omair Albeshe
HUMANITIES IARCH352
Culture &
Architecture
CultureThe word culture, from the Latin colo, -‐ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate“.
A set of values, norms, institutions and artifacts that characterize human population living in a particular time and place. It is transmitted by symbols, stories and rituals over generations.
Culture
A set of values, norms, institutions and artifacts that characterize human population living in a particular time and place. It is transmitted by symbols, stories and rituals over generations.
Culture
A set of values, norms, institutions and artifacts that characterize human population living in a particular time and place. It is transmitted by symbols, stories and rituals over generations.
Culture
A common way of understanding culture is to see it as consisting of four elements that are passed on from generation to generation by learning alone:
1. Values 2. Norms 3. Institutions 4. Artifacts
Culture
ValuesValues include ideas about what in life seems important.
ValuesValues comprise ideas about what in life seems important.
Values are the WHY of culture
NormsNorms consist of expectations of how people will behave in various situations.
Norms are HOW we live the values
NormsNorms consist of expectations of how people will behave in various situations.
NormsNorms consist of expectations of how people will behave in various situations.
NormsNorms consist of expectations of how people will behave in various situations.
InstitutionsInstitutions are the structures of a society within which values and norms are transmitted.
Artifacts Artifacts are things, or aspects of material culture derive from a culture's values and norms.
Tokyo Camii
Artifacts Artifacts are things, or aspects of material culture derive from a culture's values and norms.
The
Cultural
Iceberg
Material Culture – the physical objects produced by a
culture in order to meet its material needs: food, clothing, shelter, arts, and recreation.
Important Terminology
Custom – frequent repetition of an act until it becomes characteristic of a
group of people.
Taboo – a restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
Cultural Landscapes“the visible human imprint on the landscape”
¤ “built landscape” ¤ Physical imprint a culture makes on the environment
■ Buildings, artwork
Chinatowns
Multiculturalism
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Popular Culture
• Found in a large, heterogeneous groups of people that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics.
• Constantly changing • Based mainly in urban areas • Material goods mass-‐produced by machines in factories
Important Terminology
اختر على االقل مبنى واحد من مكان
نشأتك يعكس العادات والتقاليد في
مجتمعك واشرح كيف اثرت العادات
اوالقيم اوالتقاليد في مواصفات املبني.
قد تكون الخلفية الثقافية سببا لوجود مبنى بأكملة اوقد تكون مؤثره على
احد عناصر مبنى.
استعن بالصور والرسومات لتوضيح
مواصفات وعناصر املبنى املتأثرة
بالخلفية الثقافية.
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Submission date: Wednesday 27/01/2016.