DAVID ESCUDERO - Neorealist Architecture: Aesthetics of Dwelling in Postwar Italy

Robotic Upgrading of Postwar Social Dwelling Envelopes

The article discusses the possibility of automation in refurbishment processes of social dwelling built from 1950 to 1970. These massively produced buildings were mostly designed prior to the law enforcement regarding thermal insulation or accessibility. Nowadays, many of these buildings are being retrofitted. The article focuses on the works in the external envelope. The task of renewing the w...

Mystical Aesthetics in Mersadolebad

Abstract : Najmoddin Razi was the well-known mystics in the late 6th century and beginning of 7th century (AH). He has authored so many works in the field of Islamic mysticism. In his most significant work, Mersadolebad, he pointed out the beginning and end of the universe, the start of deportment and the extremity of development as well as the destination and goals of lover and beloved. In Raz...

David MacDougall Social Aesthetics and Embodied Cinema München , 2015 ISBN 978 - 3 - 945254 - 12 - 7

The Conflict between Sublime- Aesthetics in Philosophy and Its Appearance in the Architecture Aesthetics of Contemporary Mosques and Contemporary Patterns (Case Study: Vali-e-Asr Mosque, Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran)

Aesthetic-Sublime conflict has been as one of the most pressing issues in the thinking that included in the manifestations of human life and the construction of temples in history. In the modern era, both the formalist and the functionalist currents of modern architecture emerged in response to the German philosopher's theory of Emmanuel Kant. Later, deconstructionist architects such as Eisenma...

Engineering Aesthetics and Ergo-Aesthetics:

Human factors researchers and practitioners have been focusing research attention on the easeof-use, productivity, safety, comfort, and effectiveness aspects of product and system design. This article argues that it is time that we add another important dimension to the fields of human factors research and practice—the aesthetic dimension. This article discusses the need for the establishment o...