Main entry:

Habraken, N. J.

Title & Author:

The structure of the ordinary : form and control in the built environment / N.J. Habraken ; edited by Jonathan Teicher.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998.

Description:

xxi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-340) and index.
Introduction: Control and Form -- I. Form, the Physical Order. Ch. 1. The Physical Structure of Built Environment. Ch. 2. Recognizing Levels. Ch. 3. Hierarchies of Enclosure. Ch. 4. Changes in Enclosure Hierarchy. Ch. 5. The Act of Building. Ch. 6. Other Forms at Play -- II. Place, the Territorial Order. Ch. 7. Territory. Ch. 8. Observing Territorial Structure. Ch. 9. Territory and Buildings. Ch. 10. Gates. Ch. 11. In and Out of Territory. Ch. 12. Shifts in Territorial Structure -- III. Understanding, the Cultural Order. Ch. 13. Common Understanding. Ch. 14. Patterns. Ch. 15. The Systemic Environment. Ch. 16. Systems Misunderstood. Ch. 17. Type. Ch. 18. The Uses of Understanding.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

According to N.J. Habraken, intimate and unceasing interaction between people and the forms they inhabit uniquely defines built environment. The Structure of the Ordinary, the culmination of decades of environmental observation and design research, is a recognition and analysis of everyday environment as the wellspring of urban design and formal architecture. The author's central argument is that built environment is universally organized by the Orders of Form, Place, and Understanding. These three fundamental, interwoven principles correspond roughly to physical, biological, and social domains.
Historically, "ordinary" environment was the background against which architects built the "extraordinary." Drawing upon extensive examples from archaeological and contemporary sites worldwide, Habraken illustrates profound recent shifts in the structure of everyday environment. One effect of these transformations, he argues, has been the loss of implicit common understanding that previously enabled architects to formally enhance and innovate while still maintaining environmental coherence. Consequently, architects must now undertake a study of the ordinary as the fertile common ground in which form- and place-making are rooted.
In focusing on built environment as an autonomous entity distinct from the societies and natural environments that jointly create it, this book lays the foundation for a new dialogue on methodology and pedagogy, in support of a more informed approach to professional intervention.

ISBN:

0262082608 (alk. paper)
9780262082600 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Form (Aesthetics)
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Forme (Esthétique)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
forms (benches)
format.
forms (documents)
forms (type composition equipment)
Gebouwde omgeving.
Menselijke invloed.
Composição arquitetônica.
Proporção.
Forma (estética)
Arquitetura (aspectos ambientais)

Added entries:

Teicher, Jonathan.

Ordinary

Holdings:

Location: Library main 197059
Call No.: ID NA2760.H33; ID:98-B280
Status: Available