The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology

dc.contributor.advisorPrinsloo, Ivor
dc.contributor.advisorAbramowitz, Arnold
dc.contributor.authorVolpe, Stephanie
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-20T09:31:56Z
dc.date.available2020-05-20T09:31:56Z
dc.date.issued1980
dc.date.updated2020-04-14T14:09:07Z
dc.description.abstractMan is increasingly assuming conscious control over his physical environment. The impact of rapidly accelerating scientific and technological progress has resulted in the environment being increasingly man-made and man-influenced. The growing urban population has necessitated building at a rate and quantity greater than ever before. Enormous resources, both human and material, are being channelled on an unprecedented scale into the planning, designing and construction of new environments for human use. Whilst this tide of energy and activity continues to surge forward, creating vast urban and suburban. developments, very little energy and resources have, by comparison, been directed towards critically assessing the impact that these built environments have on people, and the extent to which they are responsive to human needs and aspirations. It has become critical for the architect to be made fully aware of the human implications of the physical environment he is creating. Concern for the human element has been eclipsed by the current pre-occupation of the design profession with technology and economics which have become the dominant design imperatives.
dc.identifier.apacitationVolpe, S. (1980). <i>The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology</i>. (). ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVolpe, Stephanie. <i>"The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology."</i> ., ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 1980. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVolpe, S. 1980. The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology. . ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Volpe, Stephanie AB - Man is increasingly assuming conscious control over his physical environment. The impact of rapidly accelerating scientific and technological progress has resulted in the environment being increasingly man-made and man-influenced. The growing urban population has necessitated building at a rate and quantity greater than ever before. Enormous resources, both human and material, are being channelled on an unprecedented scale into the planning, designing and construction of new environments for human use. Whilst this tide of energy and activity continues to surge forward, creating vast urban and suburban. developments, very little energy and resources have, by comparison, been directed towards critically assessing the impact that these built environments have on people, and the extent to which they are responsive to human needs and aspirations. It has become critical for the architect to be made fully aware of the human implications of the physical environment he is creating. Concern for the human element has been eclipsed by the current pre-occupation of the design profession with technology and economics which have become the dominant design imperatives. DA - 1980 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Architectural design LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1980 T1 - The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology TI - The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology UR - ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11427/31942
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVolpe S. The built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology. []. ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 1980 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.subjectArchitectural design
dc.titleThe built environment, cognition and the image: towards an architectural epistemology
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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