New Design Ideas

New Design Ideas

ISSN Print: 2522-4875
ISSN Online: 2524-2148

The Journal New Design Ideas is a peer-reviewed, open-access on-line & print journal devoted to publishing research papers in all fields of design, including industrial design, visual communication design, interface design, animation and game design, architectural design, urban design, and other design related fields. It aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and findings from researchers across different cultures.  We aim to be a channel for the knowledge exchange between academia and industry by identifing the results are of interest or applicable to practical design.

Abstract

The article is the translator’s foreword to the Russian–language edition of Nikos Salingaros’s book “A Theory of Architecture”, which is currently being prepared for publication by the publishing house “Armchair Scientist” (“Кабинетный учёный”, Moscow-Yekaterinburg). Since this book summarizes Salingaros’ many years of scientific research, what is said here applies to all of his work. According to the translator, Salingaros’ theory, which challenges established ideas today, can only be seen as revolutionary in the context of modern design approaches. However, if we consider that these approaches, at one time, (i.e., about a hundred years ago), revolutionized design by rejecting the centuries-old experience of traditional architecture, then Salingaros’ proposals may seem rather conservative and counterrevolutionary. The uniqueness of the book “A Theory of Architecture” lies in its ability to identify, substantiate and summarize the thousand-year-old, unwritten fundamental rules based on the imitation of natural patterns, that have guided architects for centuries both by intuition and tradition. Thus, it links the idea of mimesis - the ancient principle of “imitating nature”, offering architects a reliable tool for creating adaptive (i.e., corresponding to human nature) architecture, not related to a specific style or trend.


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