Lahoud, Adrian, 2016, Book Section, Scale as a Problem, Architecture as a Trap In: Graham, James, Blanchfield, Caitlin, Anderson, Alissa, Carver, Jordan and Moore, Jacob, (eds.) Climates: Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary:. Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 111-119. ISBN 978-3-03778-494-5
Abstract or Description: | The book chapter explores the intersection between architecture and anthropology. Drawing on anthropological texts, it challenges the foundational role of ‘shelter’ in architectural discourse by drawing on the concept of the ‘trap’ as articulated by the anthropologist Alfred Gell. In doing so it attempts to raise the problem of human subjectivity within discourse on architecture in a new way, to foreground the role that architecture plays in shaping human habits and character – rather than see architecture as a provision that is able to nullify a lack – as in the provision of shelter. |
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Contributors: | Contribution Name RCA ID Editor Graham, James Editor Blanchfield, Caitlin Editor Anderson, Alissa Editor Carver, Jordan Editor Moore, Jacob |
Subjects: | Architecture > K100 Architecture > K110 Architectural Design Theory |
School or Centre: | School of Architecture |
Funders: | Columbia University |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2017 15:53 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2025 23:17 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2864 |
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