An Interpretive Framework for Understanding Architectural Theory's Self-Representation

Tez Türü: Doktora

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Mimarlık Bölümü, Türkiye

Tez Danışmanı: Prof. Dr. Haluk Pamir

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 1997

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Desteklendiği Program: Bu tezi destekleyen bir program bulunmamaktadır

Özet:

The study develops an interpretive framework for understanding architectural theory's self-representation, articulated under two grand narratives, foundationalism and anti-foundationalism, that provide for the textual geography of the work. It is within this geography that the hermeneutical exercise proceeds to the exploration of architectural theory's epistemological and ontological significance, under a subtext arguing for architectural theory's syncretism and self-affiliation to philosophy. This subtext is extended into a metaphor that unfolds itself throughout the survey, to locate significant moments of of theory's self-representation.

Keywords: (Architectural) theory, philosophy, foundation, grounding, self-representation