Architecture Publications
Campus Units
Architecture
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
8-1-1995
Journal or Book Title
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
Volume
22
Issue
4
First Page
461
Last Page
474
DOI
10.1068%2Fb220461
Abstract
The aim of this research is to set up a theory about style in architectural design from a cognitive point of view. It has been observed that the constant application of certain factors in a design process constitutes the formation of a style. Those factors include design constraints, search methods, goals, and the sequential order of applying them. Because of the constant application of these factors, constant cognitive phenomena appear and, consequently, produce constant forms by which a style is manifested. Thus, a style results from the operations of these factors and the interactions among them. The contents of the factors determine the expression of a style, which can be imitated and changed over time, whereas the quantities of the factors determine the degree of a style. Therefore, this theory provides explanations about the cause, the degree, the change, and the imitation of a style in design.
Copyright Owner
SAGE Publications
Copyright Date
1995
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Chan, Chiu-Shui, "A Cognitive Theory of Style" (1995). Architecture Publications. 116.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/arch_pubs/116
Comments
This is a manuscript of an article published as Chan, Chiu-Shui. "A cognitive theory of style." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 22, no. 4 (1995): 461-474. DOI: 10.1068%2Fb220461. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.