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Research
In order to answer the thesis question and investigate how the current architecture debate can take one step further from just being about liking and taste, I have conducted a series of interviews. The interviews have been made with chosen representatives from three groups; architects (namely architecture practitioners), non-architects and architecture researchers. The groups of people – architects and non-architects are chosen based on the already ongoing debate. A third group – architecture researchers – was added in order to complement and nuance the perspective.
«The current debate destroys a lot and is very non-constructive. It steals a lot of energy from what you should really talk about, i.e. the conditions for creating good architecture»
Interviewee, February 2020
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The interviews have been conducted so that they touch upon different sub-topics which are linked to theory. The circle diagram shows the sub-topics the interviews have touched upon.
The interviews are combined with literature studies within the fields of perception of space, aesthetics, beauty and vernacularity and approaches questions like; how do we perceive space?, how do you define beauty?, and what can one learn from vernacular architecture and history in terms of how it has been a space for giving a voice to those who do not have one within building construction?
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