THE PHILOSOPHY OF PARADIGM SHIFT ACROSS THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, Assistant lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt,

2 Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt

3 Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, BUE, Egypt

4 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University,

Abstract

Today, many attempts and efforts are made to articulate the contemporary
architectural practices in the early 21st century, where some contributions deal with
the functionality and the performativity of the architectural buildings with respect to
measurable parameters like optimization of consumption and efficiency, while
others try to link the current practices with their historical traditional one. Some
discussions are about parametricism and others about technology and IOT. These
debates deal with architecture as a discipline of isolated islands where each stands
alone and initiate in a new horizon that was never existed before. The research
investigates the possible patterns of transitions of architectural paradigms which
interrelates the current practices to their original paradigms, exploring the critical
nature of evolutionary and revolutionary changes of architectural paradigms. This
aims to introduce a novel approach in investigating and criticizing the practice of
architecture with respect to its foundations and influencing parameters like beliefs,
values and goals. Furthermore, interpretations to the philosophy of paradigm shift, a
theory of drivers of paradigm changes, and the possible paradigms interplay is
concluded to improve the understanding of the current paradigms of architectural
practices.

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Engineering Research Journal
Volume 172, Issue 0
December 2021
Pages 190-211

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