ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS AND METHODOLOGIES
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS AND METHODOLOGIES
One. WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE?
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings.
Art: The conscious use of skill, craft, and creative imagination in the production of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
Design: A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation, experimental investigation, and methodical study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.
Elements of Architecture According to Vitruvius:
Elements of Architecture According to Vitruvius:
Utilitas (function)
Firmitas (strength)
Venustas (beauty)
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