Book Reviews

摘要

Since the inception of the Environment-Behavior (E-B) discipline in late 1960s, its followers have assumed that architectural design should be based on understanding the intricacies of human and environment relations, and its application should be shaped by research-based knowledge. Some of its scholars, such as Amos Rapoport, asserted that "architecture is not a 'free' artistic activity but a science-based profession that is concerned with problem solving" (2005:1). Inherent in this approach to architecture is the basic assumption that studying the behavior of people in relation to the environment can elicit knowledge, which can be generalized and applied in various design contexts.