Anthropology for architects : social relations and the built environment

265 Pages·2020·6.642 MB·English

by  (Professor of architecture) Ray Lucas

Anthropology for
Architects
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Anthropology for
Architects
Social Relations and the Built
Environment
RAY LUCAS
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Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Preface: Rationale and Context xiv
Acknowledgements xvii
1 Introduction: Typologies of Social Relation 1
2 Inscriptive Practices and Anthropology 25
3 Home and What It Means to Dwell 45
4 Museums and Architectures of Collection 71
5 Marketplaces and Sites of Exchange 101
6 Routes, Walking and Wayfinding 137
7 Theatre and Festival: Performance and Liminal Space 157
8 Restaurants, Food Events and Sensory Architectures 185
9 Conclusion: Towards an Anthropological Architecture 217
References 232
Index 242
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List of Illustrations
2.1 Brush and ink drawing of Himeji Castle 32
2.2 Brush and ink drawing of Sumo wrestlers 33
2.3 Sketches of Harajuku cos-players 41
2.4 Watercolour painting of Gonpachi 41
2.5 Watercolour painting of Kappabashi crockery store 42
3.1 Movements of clothing for cleaning through author’s
homes in Manchester and Den Haag 54
3.2 Tatami dimensions and room layouts 60
3.3 Photographs from the 100m House 67
4.1 Author’s photograph of the Jewish Museum, Berlin
by Daniel Libeskind 81
4.2 Author’s photograph of the exterior of the Edo-Tokyo
Open Air Architectural Museum 84
4.3 Author’s photograph of the interior of the Edo-Tokyo
Open Air Architectural Museum 85
4.4 Author’s Photographs showing details of the Edo-Tokyo
Open Air Architectural Museum 86
4.5 Author’s photograph of hanok adapted to contemporary
use showing ventilation and utility meters 88
4.6 Author’s photograph of Namsangol Hanok Village: an
example of the open-air museum approach 89
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4.7 Author’s photograph of newly constructed house designed
to look like a traditional hanok: detail of wall under
construction. What is notable here is the manner in which
the wall is decorated to resemble hanok construction
rather than built using those techniques 90
4.8 Author’s photograph of view of the Cheonggyecheon
restoration 91
4.9 Author’s photograph of teams of gardeners at work on the
Cheonggye stream 93
4.10 Author’s photograph of the East section of the stream, with
expressway piers retained 94
4.11 Author’s photograph of Seoul City Hall, with the old
Japanese colonial administration building (now the central
library) in the foreground 95
4.12 Author’s photograph of roof lines of hanok house
district 97
4.13 Author’s photograph of modern hanok 98
5.1 Author’s redrawing of Patrick Geddes’s drawing ‘The
Association of the Valley Plan with the Valley Section’ 105
5.2 Diagram of cyclical gift giving and of reflective
obligation 109
5.3 Author's Photographs showing the architecture of various
forms of economic exchange: Namdaemun Market, Wako
Department Store, Prada boutique 113
5.4 Drawings showing front (a) and rear (b) of Tsukiji market
stall and turret truck (c) used for transportation of goods
within the market 114
5.5 Author’s photographs of Tsukiji market 115
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