Development of the Form and Meaning Relationship in Architecture

Authors

• Akram Jassim Alakkam, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
• Ayad Ahmed ELhyti, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Keywords

the form and meaning relationship

Document Type

Original Study

Abstract

Many architectural literatures and studies emphasized on the relationship between Form and meaning. Ihat relationship varied through historical periods as a result of the natureof thinking changes reflecting specifically on that relationship. The research aims to verify the nature of relationship between form and meaning through historical and philosophical approaches in architecture. The research hypothesizedvariation of structural principles of that relationship To achieve the research's aim, It was subdivided into three parts. The first, historical dealt with a greek, gothic, romanesque, renaissance, and Baroque architecture, While the second part displayed the modern and contemporary architecture (post-modernsim and deconstractivism).

Recommended Citation

Alakkam, Akram Jassim and ELhyti, Ayad Ahmed (2002) "Development of the Form and Meaning Relationship in Architecture," Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 5.