Experimental sociology of architecture : a guide to theory, research, and literature /

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Author / Creator:	Ankerl, Guy, 1933-
Imprint:	The Hague ; New York : Mouton, [1981] ©1981
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 549 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	New Babylon, studies in the social sciences ; 36 New Babylon, studies in the social sciences ; 36.
Subject:	Architecture and society. Architecture -- Human factors. Architecture and society. Architecture -- Human factors. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11207075

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ISBN:	9783110903058 3110903059 9027932190 9789027932198
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-539) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Ankerl, Guy, 1933- Experimental sociology of architecture 9027932190

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of Figures
Introduction: Why this Book?
PART I: PROLEGOMENON TO THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL SOCIOLOGY
1. Precursors
2. Conceptualization
3. Systematization
PART II: SOCIAL SPACING AS A SOCIOLOGICAL THEME OF ARCHITECTURE
4. The Face-to-Face Communication Network and Structure in General
5. Visible Communication
6. Audible Communication
7. Osmatic Communication
8. Haptic Communication
9. Sapid Communication
10. Polysensory Communication
PART III: COMMUNICATION THROUGH ARCHITECTURE: WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? A SOCIOLOGISTâ€?S VIEW11. Architecture as a Communication Medium: A General Discussion
12. The Geometry of Architectural Morphology: From â€?Free Formâ€? to â€?Open Regionâ€?
13. Acoustical Space
14. Optical Space
15. Haptic Space
16. â€?Osmoticâ€? and Hermetic Space
17. Multiplicity of Sensory Spaces and the Multisensory Composition
18. Space Impression through Dynamic Exploration
19. Syntax of Space Systems and Subsystems
PART IV: STUDYING SPACE EFFECTS ON FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION BY EXPERIMENTATION: EXPERIMENTAL SOCIOLOGY BEGINS WITH THE SOCIOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE20. Systematic Observation and Inferences: Epistemological Foundation
21. Traceable Elements for a Model in Experimental Sociology of Architecture
22. Prospects for Future Research
23. Epistemological Qualifiers of Hardness (in Soft Sciences)
Bibliography
Subject Index

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