LEON VAN SCHAIK
Description
The book is organised into three distinct sections that in turn highlight the significance of spatial intelligence for architecture: the first section provides an overview of spatial intelligence as a human capability; the second section argues how the acknowledgement of this capability in architectural education and the profession should enable the demystification of the practice of design, forming the basis of a more democratic interface between society and practice; the final section explores exciting new opportunities for practice in the linking of real and virtual environments in the information age.
Table of Contents
Introduction 008
Chapter One: The mechanics of spatial intelligence 022
Chapter Two: How spatial intelligence builds our mental space 036
Chapter Three: The disruption of the unity of time, place and architecture, and some precursors of reunification 057
Chapter Four: Intuitives: confronting spatial intelligence tracing the use of spatial intelligence 082
Chapter Five: Pioneers of mental space tracing the use of spatial intelligence 140
Chapter Six: New futures for architects: new roles for practitioners 164
Chapter Seven: New professionalism new practice manifesto 182