The mental capacity for knowledge production, storage and dissemination is
one of the characteristics that makes us human. Throughout history humankind
has built spaces to accommodate knowledge in its various forms: from
medieval monasteries to state-of-the-art research laboratories. The evolution
of these ‘knowledge spaces’ and their architectural character can tell us
a lot about a society´s views and perceptions of knowledge. Using monasteries,
universities, libraries and research laboratories as examples of ‘knowledge
spaces’ this essay aims to explore the relationship between knowledge
and architecture throughout history in order to understand where knowledge
has traditionally been produced, stored and disseminated. Drawing
on this information, the appropriateness of the historical typologies
will be assessed with regards to today´s context where the nature of knowledge
is rapidly changing as a result of the emergence of new technologies
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/11734 |
| Date | 06 August 2012 |
| Creators | Lamas, Mariana |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
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