Take One Building : Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library

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Take One Building : Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library

Theory of architecture History of architecture Library and information sciences / Museology Sociology Cognition and cognitive psychology Civil engineering, surveying and building

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 25th November 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 9 Mb

ISBN: 9781317114635


Introduction

This book evaluates how we experience and understand buildings in different ways depending upon our academic and professional background. With reference to Rem Koolhaas'' Seattle Central Library, the book illustrates a range of different methods available through its application to the building. By seeing such a variety of different research methods applied to one setting, it provides the opportunity for researchers to understand how tools can highlight various aspects of a building and how those different methods can augment, or complement, each other.

Contributions

Unique to this book are contributions from internationally renowned academics from fields including architecture, ethnography, architectural criticism, phenomenology, sociology, environmental psychology and cognitive science, all of which are united by a single, real-world application, the Seattle Central Library.

Target Audience

This book will be of interest to architects and students of architecture as well as disciplines such as ethnography, sociology, environmental psychology, and cognitive science that have an interest in applying research methods to the built environment.

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