The Architect-Craftsperson

The Architect-Craftsperson

The scarcity of craftsmanship in our society is the result of modernist philosophies that celebrate mass production, mechanized industry, exponential economic gain and a corporate/developer-led economy. This relatively recent rupture in thousands of years of human history has led to the loss of gen...

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Autor principal: Mohamad Hamouie
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Publicado: INTBAU Spain 2021
Materias:
Architecture
Craftsmanship
Tradition
Continuity
Precedent
NA1-9428
Building construction
TH1-9745
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:713b2ad20e884a1093495d958a0a208e2021-11-15T21:31:53ZThe Architect-Craftsperson2660-58212660-583Xhttps://doaj.org/article/713b2ad20e884a1093495d958a0a208e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/510https://doaj.org/toc/2660-5821https://doaj.org/toc/2660-583X The scarcity of craftsmanship in our society is the result of modernist philosophies that celebrate mass production, mechanized industry, exponential economic gain and a corporate/developer-led economy. This relatively recent rupture in thousands of years of human history has led to the loss of generations of valuable knowledge and of an understanding of life stretching beyond material face value. A reconciliation between the traditional values of craftsmanship and contemporary technological advances has been at the core of my practice for over three decades. Here, the need for the “Architect Craftsman” is presented as an alternative approach to the egocentric modernist figure of the “Architect Artist” that has in recent times so widely informed our ways of building. Mohamad HamouieINTBAU SpainarticleArchitectureCraftsmanshipTraditionContinuityPrecedentArchitectureNA1-9428Building constructionTH1-9745ENESJournal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, Iss 2 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
ES
topic Architecture
Craftsmanship
Tradition
Continuity
Precedent
Architecture
NA1-9428
Building construction
TH1-9745
spellingShingle Architecture
Craftsmanship
Tradition
Continuity
Precedent
Architecture
NA1-9428
Building construction
TH1-9745
Mohamad Hamouie
The Architect-Craftsperson
description The scarcity of craftsmanship in our society is the result of modernist philosophies that celebrate mass production, mechanized industry, exponential economic gain and a corporate/developer-led economy. This relatively recent rupture in thousands of years of human history has led to the loss of generations of valuable knowledge and of an understanding of life stretching beyond material face value. A reconciliation between the traditional values of craftsmanship and contemporary technological advances has been at the core of my practice for over three decades. Here, the need for the “Architect Craftsman” is presented as an alternative approach to the egocentric modernist figure of the “Architect Artist” that has in recent times so widely informed our ways of building.
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