Attaining Human Aspects to Avoid Alienation in Architecture

摘要

Architectural practice during the last century was influenced by Western architectural theories.These theories were reflections of the contradictions of human beings’lives:the result was contradictions in architecture.The research aims to launch a view of the fundamentals of what we might call Muslim architectural theory,fundamentals that can control the future of architecture.Thus,it offers a set of principles coming from Muslim thought;these principles highlight humanitarian needs to be fulfilled by architecture.This paper makes the following assumptions:(1)Re-forming architecture requires re-forming the human.(2)The interaction between the social environment on one side and the built environment on the other side achieves human comfort.(3)Principles derived from Muslim thought set up general rules that can order architectural practice.Based on these theories,this paper has a goal of crystallizing a new theory that governs present-day architecture.Thus,the paper studies human needs in architecture.Besides,it has an implementation part to explain how architecture fulfills human needs.It further shows the extent to which the built environment can satisfy those needs.The research includes thirty needs traced from Muslim thought.Consequently,the research examined the presence of these needs in one traditional Arabian house.