Time Semantics As an expression in architecture

Authors

• Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, IraqFollow
• Hadeer Jassim Al-saady, Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Technology - Iraq, Baghdad, IraqFollow

Keywords

Time Semantics

Document Type

Original Study

Abstract

The concept of time had stood to confront philosophical studies in severalfields of kaowledge, including archilecture, demanding an understanding of thisphenomenon.Time remained invisible, and only felt by sense, intuition and abstraction;unconnected to architecture as an expression of form.This paper tries to relate time to architecture not as an evolutionary conceptin architectural change but as a factor which evolves with significance in expressiveaspect.It presents findings, which illustrates time as a signifier to architecturalvision and expression.

Recommended Citation

Ali, Khalil Ibrahim and Al-saady, Hadeer Jassim (2002) "Time Semantics As an expression in architecture," Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning: Vol. 2: Iss. 3, Article 4.