<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents sustainable architecture as a function of sensory experience through time. Entitled sitesynthesis, this proposed approach forms the foundation of a holistic design methodology grounded physically in the geographical location of a given community and metaphysically in the spirit of place derived from sense experience. Sitesynthesis is made up of sitescapes which range from natural to cultural to social landscapes, themselves the product of the sensescapes through timescapes. The site is the place in geological, archaeological and historical time. The symbiotic relationship between the natural, cultural and social environs which sitesynthesis endeavours to attain is mutualistic rather than parasitic, a relationship from which society and the site both benefit rather than the former benefiting at the expense of the latter.</p></abstract>

This paper presents sustainable architecture as a function of sensory experience through time. Entitled sitesynthesis, this proposed approach forms the foundation of a holistic design methodology grounded physically in the geographical location of a given community and metaphysically in the spirit of place derived from sense experience. Sitesynthesis is made up of sitescapes which range from natural to cultural to social landscapes, themselves the product of the sensescapes through timescapes. The site is the place in geological, archaeological and historical time. The symbiotic relationship between the natural, cultural and social environs which sitesynthesis endeavours to attain is mutualistic rather than parasitic, a relationship from which society and the site both benefit rather than the former benefiting at the expense of the latter.

Beyond Geodesign: The Architecture of Sitesynthesis

Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Faculty for the Built Environment

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

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This paper presents sustainable architecture as a function of sensory experience through time. Entitled sitesynthesis, this proposed approach forms the...

Beyond Geodesign: The Architecture of Sitesynthesis

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 17 - 24

Received: Jul 14, 2017

Accepted: Jul 30, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2017-0008

Keywords
landscape, geodesign, architecture, design, sensescapes, sitesynthesis

© 2017 Bianco Lino, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Beyond Geodesign: The Architecture of Sitesynthesis

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 17 - 24

Received: Jul 14, 2017

Accepted: Jul 30, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2017-0008

Keywordslandscape, geodesign, architecture, design, sensescapes, sitesynthesis

© 2017 Bianco Lino, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
landscape, geodesign, architecture, design, sensescapes, sitesynthesis