Exploring Architectural Behavior Through the Lens of Professor Yoshiharu Tsukamoto: Nature, Culture, and Design Integration
When air in a room warms up, it rises. Cold air outside your window causes condensation on the glass. Such phenomena, caused by components obeying physical principles — sunlight, heat, wind, and humidity — are referred to as natural behavior.
As people mature and acquire experiences in society, they adopt a certain behavior —human behavior. This behavior, or culture, develops under specific influences affecting a particular region — influences such as weather, climate, and religion.
So what is architectural behavior? Professor Yoshiharu Tsukamoto defines it as an architectural design theory closely connected to the behavior of nature and people. While behavior generally suggests the presence of motion, architectural behavior does not. For example, in areas where strong sunlight creates intense heat, buildings will often be equipped with small windows to reduce the effects of this heat. These buildings lining the streets create unique cityscapes. Buildings also transform over time according to changes in society. These are architectural behaviors.
"Producing sophisticated architectural design requires that we integrate various considerations on a wide range of factors. In spite of this, the focus of conventional architectural design theories is often quite scattered, making it impossible to perceive the building in a comprehensive manner. However, if we summarize these different components with a single term — architectural behavior — we can integrate them and begin to see the bigger picture. This is why I developed a comprehensive theory that considers design from the perspective of architectural behavior."
Architectural design cannot be realized through architectural sense alone. Tsukamoto emphasizes that logic is also essential for gaining the empathy of the numerous people engaged in the design phase.
"In order to build something, we need to consider design that benefits society, something that satisfies people. Doing so requires not only the design of a beautiful structure, but also logic. Logic allows us to share with society what we have now, and where we are going in terms of architecture."
This logic is provided by architectural behavior.
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