An Architect as an Anthropological Issue

Authors

  • Alexander Rappaport Union of Moscow Architects; Union of Designers of Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.55.1304

Keywords:

architecture, profession, architect, anthropology of the architect as a new branch of architectural studies

Abstract

An architect is an anthropological issue, because we don’t know what architecture is and whether a human being is able to create it. Inferiority of existence of architecture as a profession always leads architects, on the one hand, to delusion of grandeur and infallibility, and, on the other hand, to despair and self-conceit. This part of the matter is never covered in criticism, polemics or memoirs. A new, not yet born branch of architectural studies, the professional anthropology of the architect, can reveal the hidden sides of the profession and help architects in their self-determination.

How to Cite

Rappaport, A. (2018). An Architect as an Anthropological Issue. Project Baikal, 15(55), 139–141. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.55.1304

Published

2018-04-21

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