ASC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Royal Architectural Institute Of Canada, Le Corbusier, Social Currency

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Architectural Science
• Course: ASC 103
• Professor: George Kapelos

Document Summary

Unit 8 architecture as an agent of social change: 8. 2 the social agency of architecture. The social agency of architecture strong vision and. Jane jacobs condemned the role that wilful disregard for the city and the social mechanism of the city created cities that were not a reflection of human and social values. Le corbusier stated in architecture or revolution the significance of new technology and suggested that architects could become revolutionaries through the embrace of new technologies and forms. All of these writers, in their own ways, suggest that architects have a role of reflecting values of the time and promoting these. These texts have played a seminal role in understanding/interpreting/re- interpreting architecture and space. Agency: action or intervention so as to produce a particular result . Habitat for humanity: building houses for the disadvantaged. Ian macburnie"s project to bring ryerson architecture students to build. Architecture involved in creating more human environments for the sick or.