Evaluation of the Humanity Research Paradigms based on Analysis of Human – Environment Interaction
Subject Areas : Space Ontology International Journal
Reza
Sameh
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(Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, Iran)
Keywords: Human-Environment Interaction, Paradigm, Objectivist Paradigm, Relativist Paradigm, Critical Paradigm,
Abstract :
As claimed by many behavioral scientists, designing should be based on the knowledge of interaction between human and environment. Environmental quality is also created in the context in which humans interact with their environment. To achieve such quality, designers should develop appropriate models for explaining this relationship, and this requires an understanding of human nature and the environment. Criticisms on the Modern Movement have shown that architects have often used incomplete and simplistic models in this regard, while most of design ideas are based on the definitions of human and environment and the interaction between them. However, the most important question that is raised is that how understanding of human nature and the environment and their interaction, which depends on foundations of different views, can affect the pursuit of quality in designing? Therefore, the present paper, in addition to introduction and comparison of common paradigms in humanities as the and methodological foundation of human sciences, aims to deal with the relationship of human and the environment from the perspective of objectivist, relativist, and critical paradigms in order to identify the characteristics and differences in their views on the analysis of the quality of this interaction. This is the most important step that paves the way for understanding the qualitative foundations of the environment and human life quality and also the quality of interaction between them.
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