Environmental discourse of architecture
Author
Basa, I.
Date
2009-03Source Title
International Journal of Environmental Studies
Print ISSN
0020-7233
Electronic ISSN
1029-0400
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
66
Issue
2
Pages
271 - 279
Language
English
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Abstract
This study attempts to examine the environmental discourse of architecture. The attempt to constitute
a linguistic framework for the environmental discourse requires a critical understanding of the interrelationship among the following concerns: a) discourse as a ‘system of statements’ that prescribes the
‘theoretical formation’ of an object, b) architecture as a field in which several discourses
(professional, technological, social, representational, theoretical, etc.) operate around their specific
objects, c) environmental discourse as a discursive ‘formation’ which involves verbal or non-verbal
‘statements’ referring to the problematic of environment. The analysis of the linguistic figures such as
clichés, interpretations and definitions, reveals the discursive power of language as a condition in
which environmental discourse forms its discursive objects and produces discursive effects in
architecture.
Keywords
ArchitectureEnvironmental discourse
Linguistic figures
Environmental discourse
Linguistics
Architectural design