Strangeness in Contemporary Architecture as A Strategy

Authors

• Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, IraqFollow
• Emad Abd Al Hameed, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
• Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, IraqFollow

Keywords

Strangeness in Contemporary

Document Type

Original Study

Abstract

Throrgh the last four decades of the 20th Century, architecture, as a language, was studied in various directions, which were concemed either with meaning, or with expressive methods. Both directions aimed to enrich it with meaning and significance; which are contradictory and harmonious. To accomplish continuity between architecture and the receiver in the social order, design strategies utilized other fields ol knowledge such as literature, linguistics or sociology... etc. Which merged the two directions. From these, strangeness and differences were realized and studied in this paper.

Recommended Citation

Ali, Khalil Ibrahim; Abd Al Hameed, Emad; and Al Greiza, Abbas Ali Hamza (2002) "Strangeness in Contemporary Architecture as A Strategy," Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning: Vol. 2: Iss. 3, Article 1.