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(Chapter 2 (shelter is of supreme importance to man. It is the prime…
(Chapter 2 (shelter is of supreme importance to man. It is the prime factor in his constant struggle for survival. In his efforts to shelter himself against the extremes of weather and climate he has, over the ages, evolved many types of dwellings, one of which is the court house., house building is not a natural act and is not universal, Materials, construction, and technology are best treated as modifying factors, rather than form determinants, because they decide neither what is to be built nor its form, Site influences both the city and the house, but it does not determine form. the effect of site is cultural rather than physical, since the ideal site depends on the goals and ideals , and values of a people or period and choice of the "good" site -whether lake, river, mountain, or coast - depends on this cultural definition., Defense plays a role in deciding house forms, Economics can sometimes determine house forms., Religion affects the form, plan, spatial arrangements, and orientation of the house, and may be the influence which leads to the existence of round and rectangular houses.), This book : (talks about how the houses of the world's people thus reflect the physical conditions of their environments, as well as cultural preferences and capabilities, in a wide variety of solutions to basic problems of house design., is a result of a number of years' concern with primitive and vernacular building and settlements, from the point of view of the environmental designer. The forces that shape these dwellings and give them clearly identifiable characteristics, and their lessons for the present day, have been (Amos) primary interests. , is (Amos') personal interpretation of the evidence concerning the way in which people organise and use dwelling space., tries to propose a conceptual framework for looking at the great variety of house types and forms and the forces that affect them, It attempts to bring some order to this complex field and thus create a better understanding of the form determinants of dwellings., will try to discover which theoretical statements give the greatest insight into the house and its form), Chapter 1: (Reasons why tradition as a regulator has disappeared:, Types of architecture mentioning in the book, Primitive building, most simply, refers to that produced by societies defined as primitive by anthropologists. It refers largely to certain technological as well as economic levels of development, but also includes aspects of social organisation. The term primitive does not refer to the builders' intentions of abilities, but rather to the society in which they build., Characteristics of vernacular building as Amos sees them: lack of theoretical or aesthetic pretensions; working with the site and micro-climate; respect for other people and their houses and hence for the total environment, man-made as well as natural; working within an idiom with variations within a given order., This book is concerned only in passing with modern vernacular and the question as to whether, in fact, it exists at all. ), Chapter 3 (The basic hypothesis, genre de vie used by Max Sorre includes all the cultural, spiritual, material, and social aspects which affect form. Houses and settlements are the physical expression of the genre de vie and this constitutes their symbolic nature.))