Developing a perspective for an authentic, sustainable, responsive dwelling architecture
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1996
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Zandberg, Kevin Floyd
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Findlay, Robert A.
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This thesis project is the pursuit of a dwelling architecture that is sustainable, responsive to people's values and needs, and thereby perceived to be meaningful. It looks ahead as societal values change towards environmental stewardship and the future influence of this value system on design. Tue basis for this thesis involves the development of an understanding of how people attribute meaning, based on principles of cognitive psychology. Understanding how meaning is attributed provides a way to reveal the level of present and future congruence among the values and perceptions in sustainable principles in architecture, meaning in architecture, and household preferences and priorities as they relate to dwelling architecture. The research was conducted by critically comparing and responding in writing to written and other relevant material from each of these three areas of investigation. The research found that there is a lack of congruence between these three areas in current dwelling designs. The research also suggests however, that as societal values continue to change people will attribute meaning to dwellings which utilize sustainable architecture practices. The final result of this thesis is the development of a perspective of an authentic, regional, sustainable dwelling architecture.
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