Afflatus #1

in architecture •  7 years ago 

"Arguments have been powerfully made for a physical and environmental determinism that considers that advantageous aclimates and temperatures, soils and reasons give shape to man`s culture; thay have been rebutted as vigorously by those who argue that culture determines building and settlement form. But there is much evidence to soe that both apply (...)" Paul Oliver, in Dwellings: The House across the World

See more: Huntington, Mainsprings of Civilization takes an enviromental determinist position, whitch in indirectly rebutted by Rapoport, Cultural Determinants, 7-35

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Peru, Machu Pichu, Inca`s retangular dwelling.

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Peru, Kuelap, Chachapoya`s circular dwelling

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Cool. I've never seen these circular dwellings before.

Really? So nice! Because of all the fame that Machu Picchu has, the ruins of Kuelap, from Chachapoya people, keeps unknow... It was an enormous plasure for me to visit!