I 2A

2008 08-12

TO ARCHITECTURE
 I 2A
2008 08-12

03
the task of architecture
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2008 08-12
 THE BUILDING TASK

Norberg Schulz

Hillier, Musgrove, Sullivan

This Lecture
 THE BUILDING TASK [Schulz-65]

The Purpose of architecture is to give order to

certain aspects of our environment

Architecture controls & regulates the

relation between man-man & man-environment
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1. Physical Control
2. Functional Frame
3. Social Milieu
4. Cultural Symbolization
THE BUILDING TASK [Hillier, Musgrove, O’Sullivan-73]

1. Container for human activities

2. Modifier of given climate
3. Cultural symbol
4. Consumer of resources
 THE BUILDING TASK [Schulz-65]

1. Physical Control

Concern with the relation between

building & surroundings : introducing
concept of
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THE BUILDING TASK [Hillier, Musgrove, O’Sullivan-73]

1. The container for human activities

...Internal spaces which will

exist in a physical relationship
with each other
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hypothesis of Adam’s house

Laugier
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hypothesis of

Adam’s house
Ryckwert
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hypothesa of

Adam’s house
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Architecture Anthropology
Egenter
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2. Functional Frame
A certain number of persons have to
do something, & need a practical
architectural frame for their actions :
introducing concept of
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THE BUILDING TASK [Hillier, Musgrove, O’Sullivan-73]

2. Modyfier Of given climate

...Modifier boundaries act as a

barrier or filter between the
enclosed space & the external
environment
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3. Social Milieu
A social factors which should enter the
architectural concretization :
introducing concept of
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D BUILDING TASK [Hillier, Musgrove, O’Sullivan-73]

4. Consumer f resources

All building material must

developed further. Each
operation adds 2 its value.
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4. Cultural Symbolization
It s evident that the cultural
symbolization is closely related to
the formation of the social milieu :
introducing concept of
-social structure-symbol system
D BUILDING TASK [Hillier, Musgrove, O’Sullivan-73]

3. the Cultural Symbol

...Symbol operates even when

the architect has intended it
would not (so called ‘functional’)
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Physical Control Functional Frame Social Milieu Cultural Symbolization

Container f Modifier given climate Cultural Symbol Consumer f resources

human activity

Utilitarian Symbolization

Practical Symbolical
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Practical Relation btween

Symbolical
Practical n Symbolical

1 2
Creating
Spaces 4
Sheltering Activity Symbolising
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1 2
Creating
Spaces 4
Sheltering Activity Symbolising

Practical Symbolical
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source : internets
in the building task?