Redefining urban building

This article views the urban building as a product of the" art of edifying", engaged in its cultural and social dimensions. This conductive stream allows us to understand that the building can be defined under the anthropological dimension beyond the rule utilitas, firmitas, and venustas (...

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Main Author: Denise Morado Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2007-12-01
Series:Pós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP
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Online Access:http://revistas.usp.br/posfau/article/view/43534
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description This article views the urban building as a product of the" art of edifying", engaged in its cultural and social dimensions. This conductive stream allows us to understand that the building can be defined under the anthropological dimension beyond the rule utilitas, firmitas, and venustas (utility, stability, and beauty) defended by the roman architect Vitruvius; this is the condition which allows the creation of mechanisms that contribute to the necessary approximation between architecture and society, which should be expressed in design, execution, and the appropriation of space. As such, we investigate the urban building as an object resulting from a set of cultural and informational actions, from social interactions, and from symbolic significance. The conclusion leads us to look at the urban building as an informational medium - a technical device filled with information, which expresses artistic, environmental, scientific, technical, social, economic, political and historical interrelations; and whose tectonicity shelters social relations and practices and manifests society's world vision.
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spelling doaj.art-4a380c83bf3847719b39cb9a011c85662022-12-22T02:54:46ZengUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)Pós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP1518-95542317-27622007-12-010229410510.11606/issn.2317-2762.v0i22p94-10543337Redefining urban buildingDenise Morado Nascimento0Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Escola de ArquiteturaThis article views the urban building as a product of the" art of edifying", engaged in its cultural and social dimensions. This conductive stream allows us to understand that the building can be defined under the anthropological dimension beyond the rule utilitas, firmitas, and venustas (utility, stability, and beauty) defended by the roman architect Vitruvius; this is the condition which allows the creation of mechanisms that contribute to the necessary approximation between architecture and society, which should be expressed in design, execution, and the appropriation of space. As such, we investigate the urban building as an object resulting from a set of cultural and informational actions, from social interactions, and from symbolic significance. The conclusion leads us to look at the urban building as an informational medium - a technical device filled with information, which expresses artistic, environmental, scientific, technical, social, economic, political and historical interrelations; and whose tectonicity shelters social relations and practices and manifests society's world vision.http://revistas.usp.br/posfau/article/view/43534Edificaçãotectônicoinformaçãomedium informacionalarquitetura
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Redefining urban building
Pós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP
Edificação
tectônico
informação
medium informacional
arquitetura
title Redefining urban building
title_full Redefining urban building
title_fullStr Redefining urban building
title_full_unstemmed Redefining urban building
title_short Redefining urban building
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topic Edificação
tectônico
informação
medium informacional
arquitetura
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