Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity - Softcover

Nikos A. Salingaros

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989346900 ISBN 13: 9780989346900

Publisher: Sustasis Press, 2013

Synopsis

"Unified Architectural Theory" re-invents architecture by uncovering its forgotten languages. Organized in 44 sections, this book containslecture notes and readings from a course based on ChristopherAlexander's "The Nature of Order, Book 1", and using Salingaros' "ATheory of Architecture". It chronicles research results that can changeour built environment for the better. Unified Architectural Theory is an innovative approach to the basis of architecture, permitting individual students and architects to assert their creativity in pursuing adaptive and sustainable design.
The Czech and Nepali versions are offered by publishers in those countries. German and Spanish versions are underway. Selected chapters translated into Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and Urdu are available free online.

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About the Author

"One of 50 visionaries who are changing your world." -- Utne Reader. Ranked 11th among "The top 100 urban thinkers of all time". -- Planetizen. Nikos Angelos Salingaros is a mathematician and polymath known for his work on urban theory, architectural theory, complexity theory, and design philosophy. He has been a close collaborator of the architect and computer software pioneer Christopher Alexander, with whom Salingaros shares a harsh critical analysis of conventional modern architecture. Like Alexander, Salingaros has proposed an alternative theoretical approach to architecture and urbanism that is more adaptive to human needs and aspirations, and that combines rigorous scientific analysis with deep intuitive experience. (from Wikipedia).

From the Back Cover

We are on the threshold of a new way of thinking about, learning, andpracticing architecture. Ready to abandon design based onoften-irrelevant images for a more meaningful paradigm, we find answersin combining timeless truths with recent scientific results. Theseexplain how architecture can re-attach itself to nature.
"'Unified Architectural Theory' is not theory at all. It is evidence. It lets us see how until recently we have always designed and built. We've built buildings and spaces and towns that reflect the order in ourgenes, in the biological world we're part of. We've felt at home in them because their order makes space for our body and our soul. Now werediscover how to build a world that does not alienate us from who weare, a world that gives us joy, a world that brings us home." -- Dr. Ir. Jaap Dawson, Technical University Delft.
"The information that I have learned in this one class has been moreimportant than almost all the rest of my classes combined." -- JacobLeMieux, University of Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sustasis Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0989346900
• ISBN 13: 9780989346900
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300