Theorizing Built Form and Culture : The Legacy of Amos Rapoport (Paperback)

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Acknowledgements

Foreword: about Amos
HENRY SANOFF

Introduction: the intellectual legacy of Amos Rapoport

KAPILA D. SILVA AND NISHA A. FERNANDO

PART I
Home and work environments

1 Analyzing the transformation of the Kuwaiti house

MOHAMMAD ALJASSAR

2 Amos Rapoport and my journey toward Culturally Enriched Communities

TASOULLA HADJIYANNI

3 Toward an understanding of environmental evaluations in urban residential areas: continuing the journey enlightened by Amos Rapoport

CA?RI IMAMO?LU

4 Integrating Amos Rapoport’s ‘systems of settings and activities’ and Anthony Giddens’

‘structuration theory’: the socio-spatial context of live-work environments

ATIYA MAHMOOD

5 Expanding on Amos Rapoport’s systems of activities and systems of settings in nursing workspaces

KAREN KEDDY

PART II
Cultural landscapes

6 Sensory experiences as cultural place identity: two case studies

NISHA A. FERNANDO

7 Amos in Arabia: humanizing principles in the architecture and urbanization of Abu Dhabi and Riyadh

YASSER ELSHESHTAWY

8 Culture, race, and marginalization: the case of African American storefront churches in central city Milwaukee

ASHA KUTTY AND NEWTON D’SOUZA

9 System of settings and activities: a framework to study vernacular settlements and cultural landscapes in China

WEI ZHAO

10 The Santhal house and cultural landscape in Shantiniketan, India

AMITA SINHA, KAILASHPATI MAURYA, AND UPAMA SEN

11 Theoretical inspirations of Amos Rapoport: reflections on the International Studies on Vernacular Settlements (ISVS)

RANJITH DAYARATNE

12 Exploring heritage from an environment-behavior studies perspective

KAPILA D. SILVA

PART III

Environmental well-being

13 Ambiance a la Rapoport: indoor environmental quality and its profiles

IHAB M. K. ELZEYADI

14 Residential choice and fit in a Milwaukee refugee enclave

LYNNE M. DEARBORN AND ANGELINA TSOUKALA

15 People-nature interactions within activity settings: understanding health-promoting mechanisms using Amos Rapoport’s three EBS questions

SUSANA ALVES AND GOWRI BETRABET GULWADI

16 Aging in place: the roles of food-related activities engagement among older Indonesian women

WIDYA A. RAMADHANI AND LYNNE M. DEARBORN

PART IV
Design theory, pedagogy, and practice

17 Amos Rapoport on design knowledge: enabling a theory for a trans-critical pedagogy in architectural education

ASHRAF M. SALAMA

18 Pedagogical implications of Amos Rapoport’s theoretical views

HISHAM S. GABR

19 Connecting design to education outcomes

SEAN O’DONNELL

20 How does culture influence design?

SANJOY MAZUMDAR

21 How does design affect culture?

SANJOY MAZUMDAR

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