Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Al-Masalha, Sami Author's Email Address salmasal@vt.edu URN etd-37101759761571 Title Technology, Time and Form Degree Master of Arts Department Architecture Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Green, William R. Committee Chair Galloway, William U. Committee Member Rodriguez-Camilloni, Humberto L. Committee Member Keywords
- Architecture in Jordan
- form
- scheme
Date of Defense 1997-05-07 Availability unrestricted Abstract
As architects in our life we should acknowledge our
problems and use them to create art. This study
acknowledges a cultural and architectural crisis that
exists today in most of the developing world as well
as in Jordan. It is focused on three pertinent aspects,
technology, time, and form, which havebecome
diverse and contradictory in ways unprecedented in
history. Technology by definition is a set of methods
a society employs to satisfy its building requirements.
In the past a state of harmony existed between
incoming values and technology, because of the slow
interaction which allowed the receiving culture
sufficient time for adaptation. In such cultures with
rich architectural tradition and heritage, the main
reason for the gap between existing and incoming
cultures is that they did not prepare to absorb
western exported aesthetic values and technology.
The main cause of this is during this century modern
technology has become too advanced to be
compatible with the capability of local building
technology, and the local tradition no longer has the
economic appeal it had before. The need for rapid
and large scale advancement in the developing
countries was made possible by modern technology,
not just for its economic appeal but also for the
prestige it carries with it. Nowadays, Jordan among
other nations contains a cultural heritage, and an
architectural legacy of great value that is suffering
from imported architectural fashions. However, the
problem is that it fails to distinguish aesthetic values
of western architecture when implementing them into
its culture. It was my intention throughout my studies
to create a bridge between western architectural
technology and traditional architectural forms and
technology in Jordan.
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