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Latent Futures of Iranian Architecture
Author(s) -
Hensel Michael
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1410
Subject(s) - futures contract , salient , architecture , sort , value (mathematics) , point (geometry) , sociology , epistemology , environmental ethics , aesthetics , history , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy , economics , archaeology , mathematics , geometry , information retrieval , machine learning , financial economics
How is it possible to draw on inherited technical and cultural knowledge while being projective and anticipating an evolving future? Michael Hensel highlights the value of recognising essential Iranian sensibilities and identifying salient past traits that can be redeveloped into an enlightened contemporary approach. What sort of novel amalgamations might point towards the most promising futures for Iranian architectural design?