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Metin Durmaz
Aug 70 min read


Architecture as Interdisciplinary Synthesis: A Framework for Understanding the Built Environment as a Convergence of Engineering, Science, Management, Art, Humanities, and Society
Architecture occupies a peculiar position among the disciplines. Engineers judge it insufficiently technical, artists judge it insufficiently free, social scientists judge it insufficiently empirical, and philosophers judge it insufficiently reflective, yet no other field is required to satisfy all four demands simultaneously, under budget, on schedule, and in concrete. This article argues that this apparent weakness is architecture's defining contribution to knowledge: it is

Metin Durmaz
Jul 60 min read
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