Start. Scholar architect
Start. Scholar architect
Contributor(s): Anda-Ioana Sfinteş (Editor), Florina Tufescu (Translator)
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, History of Art
Published by: Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism »Ion Mincu«
Keywords: urban planning approaches; anthropological perspectives; historical analysis; sustainable frameworks; context‑based research;
Summary/Abstract: The present publication brings together four types of approach – the urban planning approach, the anthropological approach, the historical approach and the sustainable approach – and highlights a set of core topics, with the objective of guiding towards particularised research. Beginning from learning objectives set by general themes at the «Ion Mincu» University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, we aim to underline, for each approach, characteristics and concepts as well as specific intended impacts which are elemental in research design and in the development of design solutions that are based on what lies beyond the obvious and the immediately grasped.
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-606-638-299-1
- Page Count: 167
- Publication Year: 2023
- Language: English
The Logical Construction of a Design Process
The Logical Construction of a Design Process
(The Logical Construction of a Design Process)
- Author(s):Adrian Mitrea, Dana Milea
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture
- Page Range:79-85
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:design brief; project definition; programme formulation; architectural expectations; briefing process;
- Summary/Abstract:A project is a particular case of programme illustration. A good project is the result of a good design brief (…). Establishing the content of the design brief, i.e. the brief data, is a key moment, since it sets our expectations in relation to the project.
Research Concepts Applicable in Architectural Studies
Research Concepts Applicable in Architectural Studies
(Research Concepts Applicable in Architectural Studies)
- Author(s):Anda-Ioana Sfinteş, Ruxandra Păduraru, Ioana E. Zacharias Vultur
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture
- Page Range:87-93
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:contextual information; domain‑specific theory; critical research; research methods; knowledge expansion
- Summary/Abstract:Research is a means of expanding the universe of «common knowledge» and, at the same time, a modality of generating contextual information, based on facts. It is recommended that the domain-specific theory should be complemented by critically-informed research founded on well-mastered methods and techniques.
Urban Planning Approach
Urban Planning Approach
(Urban Planning Approach)
- Author(s):Andrei Mitrea, Dana Milea
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture
- Page Range:95-109
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:urban planning; problem formulation; design effectiveness; planning methodology; future‑oriented solutions;
- Summary/Abstract:Any urban planning project must solve a genuine problem, current or future, that needs to be dealt with in good time. In light of this, the two main qualities of successful urban planning are the clarity of problem formulation and the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
Anthropological Approach
Anthropological Approach
(Anthropological Approach)
- Author(s):Anda-Ioana Sfinteş, Ruxandra Păduraru
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
- Page Range:111-123
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:anthropological approach; user‑centred design; stakeholder realities; values and identities; lived experience;
- Summary/Abstract:An architectural approach centred on anthropological aspects focuses on the users, attempting to respond to their needs through the architecture. Yet this kind of approach does not start merely from knowing the needs of users but especially from the in-depth understanding of the realities and problems confronting the stakeholders, the values and identities they assume, their way of life, the aspirations and relationships they develop or would like to develop with others, etc.
Historical Approach
Historical Approach
(Historical Approach)
- Author(s):Ioana E. Zacharias Vultur
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, History of Art
- Page Range:125-143
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:historical research; site understanding; architectural discourse; heritage values; old–new dialogue;
- Summary/Abstract:Why is historical research needed in today’s architectural projects? This is because it represents, together with urban planning research, the first form of knowing and understanding the site, the memory, the context, the stages of evolution towards the current situation. Because it supports the formulation of an intelligent, legitimate intervention attitude and of an informed contemporary architectural discourse. Because it identifies, from the overall image to the details, the values of a site or of a building and can even bring to light new elements. Because it supports a type of dialogue between the old and the new, because it is a source of inspiration and gives substance to the architectural message, however conceptually or technologically innovative it might be, in order to solve problems.
Sustainable Approach
Sustainable Approach
(Sustainable Approach)
- Author(s):Adrian Moleavin
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, Sociology, Environmental interactions
- Page Range:145-153
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:extended context; natural–artificial ecosystem; lifecycle perspective; added value; quality of life;
- Summary/Abstract:Above all, it is necessary to understand the architecture/building as part of an extended context: on the one hand spatial, as part of a natural-artificial ecosystem and, on the other, temporal, for its entire lifecycle, from concept to recycling. It is interesting to study and search for the benefits, the added value that the architecture/building can bring to the natural-artificial ecosystem through its very presence and/or use, thereby improving the quality of life of direct or indirect users.
