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The Architectural Object as a Sociospatial System

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  • Popov Lubomir

    (Professor, School of Family and Consumer Sciences, American Culture Studies affiliated faculty, Bowling Green State University)

  • Goza Franklin

    (Associate Dean & Professor of Sociology, College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

Abstract

Concerns with the social inadequacy of architecture and the movement towards user-centred design call for new perspectives and architectural visions that can help alleviate usability problems and make buildings more user-friendly and accommodating in supporting user operations. Accordingly, this study proposes the concept of the sociospatial system. This conceptualization is based on premises of the systems approach and a social science interpretation of the problem. We provide a foundation for relating spatial-material objects and sociocultural phenomena, for homogenizing different discipline perspectives, and for developing relational descriptions of the systems components. This allows the built environment to be represented in terms of the sociocultural organism that it accommodates. The elastic concept of the sociospatial system described herein can be used as a holistic framework for the study of sociospatial interactions; including facilities programming and design, where this way of thinking can facilitate a holistic interpretation of a wide array of considerations.

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  • Popov Lubomir & Goza Franklin, 2017. "The Architectural Object as a Sociospatial System," European Review of Applied Sociology, Sciendo, vol. 10(15), pages 41-53, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:erapso:v:10:y:2017:i:15:p:41-53:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/eras-2017-0008
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