theory presentation

1. BY:- Tamrat Dino R/1171/04
Submitted to :- Instructor Fethi Remedan

4. DETERMINIDM
THER ARE THREE THEORYS IN DETERMINISM
1 Environmental determinism
2 Physical determinism
3 Architectural determinism

5. Environmental determinism – it is nurture within the setting of
our geographical, social and cultural environments, rather than nature,
our heredity, that shapes our values and behavior.
Physical determinism – the nature of the geographic environment
determines people’s behavior. There is, for example a relation between
culture and climate.
Architectural determinism – changes in the landscaped and
architectural elements of the environment will result in changes in
behavior, particularly social behavior.
I would like to clarify the concepts of
"architectural determinism"

6. If we related to environmental and architectural
former referring to "... the belief that the
terrestrial environment shapes
behavior..." and the latter to "... the belief that
changes in "built form" will result
in changes in social behavior"

7. Architectural determinism is a social theory
which postures that all human behavior Can
be derived interaction with surroundings.
IN17 TH CENTURY
"De" means "from, away" and "terminare"
means "to limit" (derived from "terminus: limit,
boundary")
Whether architectural determinism is a viable social
theory is a question subject to extensive debate
Many sociologists and architects claim the built
environment is responsible for all human
interactions

8. Architectural determinism poses
the idea that people can adapt to
any arrangement of space and that
behavior in a given environment is
caused entirely by the
characteristics of the environment."

9. the belief that changes
in "built form" will result
in changes in social
behavior"

10. Architectural determinism or the belief that certain
forms in the built environment lead to prescribed social
behavior and sentiments was one of the most important
socio-political premises of architectural modernism

11. Architectural determinism and the built
environment are thought to effect the way that
people live and behave. Architects and
planners are building environments for people
to live in, without having thorough knowledge of
the cultures, lifestyles, and behavioral patterns
of the people who they are planning for.
Architects believe that the environment can
change people for the better.

12. A viable social theory
Many sociologists and architects claim the built
environment is responsible for all human
interactions, some reject this theory by
claiming it unnecessarily glorifies the role of
architect, and others posture that influence of
architecture is secondary to influence of social
and cultural history.
sociology and environmental psychology which claims
the built environment is the chief or even sole
determinant of social behaviour.

13. Some literature about determinism
In the 19th Century London, moral reform of
lower classes was believed possible through
changing their living conditions.

14. We shape our buildings, and
afterwards our buildings shape us.”
Winston Churchill
There are many architects who
thought architectural determinism
was valid.

15. It is easy to conclude that changing the built environment would change
not only the living conditions but also the lifestyle and aesthetic values of
the people concerned.

16. This was to describe the
practice of groundlessly
asserting that design solutions
would change behavior in a
predictable and positive way.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Falling water
Fallingwater is the name of a
very special house that is built
over a waterfall. Frank Lloyd
Wright, America’s most famous
architect, designed the house
for his clients, the Kaufmann
family. Fallingwater was built
between 1936 and 1939. It
instantly became famous, and
today it is a National Historic
Landmark

17. When Wright first visited the
Bear Run property he was
shown areas suitable for a
new house, the falls with its
several cascades and large,
smooth rock surface for
basking. Wright designed a
house like nothing ever seen
before. He wrote a letter to
Edgar Kaufmann saying he
was so stirred by the setting
that he wanted to create a
building that would be an
accompaniment to the music
of the stream.

18. Wright used a lot of clear
glass to allow the outside to
flow freely into the inside.
At certain times of day, the
glass becomes very
reflective and reminds some
people of the mirror-like
surfaces of a calm pool of
water. At night, the glass
seems to disappear
Wright used only 4 materials to build
Fallingwater—
sandstone, reinforced concrete, steel and
glass.

19. Architectural theory is verbal theory
Mainly I understand the built environment change the
surrounding, if we erect one building or we shape our building
then it shape our life style, living standard and it change all so
our understanding (In other way change in a built form all so
change our life style and living condition.

20. I recommended architect should be a best determinism and they
should be influential in our environment because the built
environment change the surrounding
I reject the theory of no limit, because we loss the identity of space
and we create un healthy, unsustainable and not good space or
environment.

21. Arc 359 environmental psychology architectural determinism
Paul-Alan Johnson, The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes, and
Practices, 1994.
Annalise Varghese s4235272 Course Coordinator: Greg Bamford Due
date:Tuesday 16th of November, 2010 Word count (excluding citations,
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