Space parameters of architecture (morphological level) have substantial impact on the life quality. The diagram on the architectural evolution that covers periods from the ancient times up to now, is offered for your consideration. As per the diagram there have been three subsequent architectural dominants: so called -Magic architecture (Pre-architecture), Artistic architecture (Golden period of architecture) and finally -Post-architecture (rational basis of architecture becomes absolute). The emerging of selftuning morphological basis of architecture is suggested to take place in response to the existing and possible challenges. This self-organizing morphological basis of architecture might be typical reality for the so called Post-architecture and even for the global universal self-organizing comprehensive system of livelihood in the distant future.
ARTICLE DATAThis article is dedicated to the process of the development by people of architectural forms, which is considered to be the result of learning the category of space. The latter is suggested to be the basis for generating space-related views which later on leads to the emergence of the artistic aspect of the process and finally to architecture as a phenomenon. The author, having applied a systematic approach to the problem, shares his hypothesis of the consecutive genesis of architectural forms as an independent category. The so-called volumetric-spatial structures (VSS) are considered to be the lapidary basis for the emergence of architectural forms. It has been determined that despite the countless number of architectural forms, the number of VSS types is only six.
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