Schulz presented the theory of architectural totality. I’d like to know the structure and content of this theory pls.
Totality and Total Architecture. This…is both a production process of the material conditions of existence for human life, and a process, proceeding in specific economic and historical relations of production, that produces and reproduces these relations of production themselves, and with them the bearers of this process,...
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@. Akram J. Al-Akkam
Totality and Total Architecture. By “totality” is understood a unified, homogeneous whole — one which is more or less global in concept. A totality is unified because it is a single whole to which all of its constituent parts belong
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Interesting query although it is out of my field ............ following
Dear Len Leonid Mizrah
The question is about theory of architecture by Schulz in spite of that you mentioned useful information.
Dear Nirmala S.V.S.G
what is the structure and content of this theory please?
ecyclopedia.com (https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/total-architecture) cites Total Architecture as a definite theory of Walter Gropius and Bruno Taut as a failed attempt to unify the Arts and Crafts movement with Architecture. At this time of the 1920s there were many experiments to do with the Bauhaus and Futurism for instance. Maybe it did not completely fail, if it did, as claimed, since this is an ongoing concern of architecture. Within modern management there are concepts such as total chain theory where float in construction programmes is treated as zero, the idea being maximum efficiency. This does not always work! The idea of total inclusion of all parties to the architectural table is really what is happening now. Nirmala S.V.S.G is right conceptually, so it is global and all embracing. Then, perhaps, what Akram J. Al-Akkam is most interested in (?) is the phenomenological aspect of place, which Schultz was interested in. I say this because the theoretical, philosophical aspects of architecture seem to occur as a theme in the questions raised. This is indeed a fascinating area, all the Hegelian properties, both physical and mental, of space, plus I would add spiritual, should be surely a modern concern of architecture, especially when we are into such an age of uniformity, big business and CAD design where there can be, in my opinion, a steamrolling over of minute concerns that could be important.
En mi opinión resultaría a-histórica una teoría de la totalidad de la arquitectura, pues se reduciría a los aspectos básicos del fenómeno arquitectónico y sólo respondería si una obra es arquitectura o no lo es, pero las diferencias de lugar, época y cultura que han dado muy diferentes arquitecturas no podrían explicarse ni entenderse. Por lo que considero que cada postura arquitectónica se funda en una teoría propia y de ahí parten los ejemplos que bien pueden aplicar de una forma ortodoxa o heterodoxa la teoría correspondiente, con los resultados que observamos.
Héctor César Escudero poses some interesting points when looking at this question from a purely theoretical stance. I think he is largely right but I have a theory which I call the Total Field Theory which has emerged in my quest for translating from architecture to music and in quantifying what exactly architecture is and what architectural objects are. I am rather loth to go into this here but for me it is not an easy subject area with binary answers and yet I do believe that all possibilities of answers can coexist, all theoretical possibilities can and do exist—a difficult area which I hope nooone picks me up on! I merely want to answer as honestly as I can—so my response here is that I think it is a case of 'both and' where all theoretical possibilities are encompassed.
I tried to compile based on the books by Schulz, may I conclude that the totality of architecture can not only be found in visible physical (tangible), but also intangible aspects.
in physical planning, contains all things that embrace the design process of planning, which is seen from the structure, exterior, and interior of the building, building materials, architectural design concepts, security aspects, and disaster mitigation, etc. Whereas intangibles include a matter of sense of place, Genius Loci, cultural values, ethics, user behavior, aesthetics, and others that need to be analyzed in planning as well.
Sarojini Imran completely agree and these extra factors extend outwards indefinitely in my opinion. Zaha hadid hinted at this with refrences to the city in som eof her works.
Sorry for my typos: should be Zaha Hadid...references...some of...
Perfectionist!
The architecture totality of Schulz includes building task, form, and technique.
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