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RESULT: Structures are still surviving today but it RESULT: buildings show uniqueness & beauty but
failed to address modern issues such as human produces a chaotic neighbourhood when mixed
scale, sustainability and regenerating ability, & with other structures
social acceptance
CATEGORIES ASED ON SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE
1. Exogenic Perspective
2. Endogenic Perspective
Description: logical empirists suggests that social Description: phenomenologist suggest that social
constructionism copies the contours of the world constructionism depends on mans instinct to
thus nature dictates the overall settlement plan
dominate nature
Examples: feng sui, Japanese art of gardening
Example: greek and roman ancient civilizations
(gridiron plans)
After:
-less neighbourhood interaction
-land consuming subdivision roads
-cheap oil oriented transport system
-car dependent cities
-few people on streets
-Fast pace lifestyle
-60-120 km/hour radius (centralized
cities)
EXAMPPLE
2:
SPANISH
COLONIZATION
Before:
-settlement near river (sources of
livelihood)
-contour inspired housing planning
-uncontrolled settlement
-simple governance
After:
-Church centred urban planning
-controlled development
-more
complex
government
structure
1. RELATIVISM
Description: if all
discourse is socially
constructed & theres no
such thing as objective
truth, then it is only one
discourse of topic theory
& cant claim dominance
over any other approach.
government buildings
should look like
3. MATERIAL WORLD
Accdg, to critics, its
usually viewed as a
passive conductor of
meaning, but social
constructionist argue that
it is mostly affected by
how we perceive things
collectively.