ArchiText Mining: Applying Text Analytics to Research on Modern Architecture

Abstract

ArchiteXt Mining: Spanish Modern Architecture through Its Texts (1939–1975) is a research project funded by the Government of Spain through the 2015 Call for “Excellence Projects” of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. This project aims to explore a new viewpoint and look into the special features of Spanish modern architecture. Despite the increasing success of using data analysis as a tool in a variety of disciplines, research on architectural theory has never made the most efficient use of these technologies. The Spanish and international circumstances of modern architecture development have been scrutinized through qualitative research, which has established a shared theoretical ground. It is now time to start a new in-depth research based on objective data. To address this challenge, we propose the application of text mining techniques to take advantage of the best data source in the field: architectural periodicals. The purpose is to create a powerful database hosted on a public website for the scientific community. Thus, this project fulfils several e-Research objectives: to facilitate the computerization of data research, to support every stageof data collection, and to manage big data analyses with thehelp of specific tools.

El movimiento gráfico del tiempo narrativo y el diseño diverso del contenido posicionado por los autores

“…Entre los autores que comprenden estas referencias se encuentran: White (1973,1978,1987,2010), Tournikiotis (1999), Vidler (2008), Munslow (2009), Rocha-Peixoto (2013), Vázquez Ramos (2015a; 2015b) y Zein (2020). La investigación construyó una argumentación basada en la acción interpretativa apoyada en conjunto con el método de elaboración de gráfi cos, en referencia a los estudios en humanidades digitales ya presentes en los estudios de Bonta (1996), Esteban Maluenda et al (2019) y Zein (2022). Estas publicaciones traen como elemento fundamental la viabilidad representativa de los gráfi cos, empleados no solo como ilustraciones, sino también y principalmente como argumentos.…”

A Review of Nader Khalili Shelter Design Thoughts from the Sustainability

“…The term "modern architecture" was often used at the start of the 20 th century, with efforts to restate architectural design principles with rapid technological improvements and the modernization of society (Nia & Rahbarianyazd, 2020). Esteban-Maluenda et al (2020) says that for this classification to be fair, different movements, architectural styles, and schools that teach design-some of which are even opposites of each other-would have to be mixed together a lot. The concept of modernism is an essential theme of the 20 th century.…”