Permeation among Architecture

Permeation

Retrospects on the original purpose of architecture, despite all those form-versus-function disputations, clarify us that the simple essence of a building is just to satisfy the basic human need, for us to fullfill our daily activities.

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PERMEATION
Permeation among Architecture, Wittgenstein’s philosophy and object-oriented-programming

Ching-Hua Chen
Thesis to obtain the Master Degree in Engineering
Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Vienna University of Technology

Retrospects on the original purpose of architecture, despite all those form-versus-function disputations, clarify us that the simple essence of a building is just to satisfy the basic human need, for us to fullfill our daily activities. Navigated by Wittgenstein’s book, “Tractatus logico-philosophicus”, along with a few other theoretical readings, architecture design is observed from another angle in this thesis by Ching-Hua Chen.

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