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dc.contributor.advisorStanford Anderson.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Masood Aen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-13T18:37:33Z
dc.date.available2012-12-13T18:37:33Z
dc.date.copyright1983en_US
dc.date.issued1983en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75499
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1983.en_US
dc.descriptionMICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCHen_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 162-165).en_US
dc.description.abstractA greater part of urban built environment in Pakistan and similar countries may be termed "informal," as not being the result of architects' work. This study seeks to understand the historical nature of this architecture by looking at its past and present relationships with social practices, the social groups that practice it, and the various cultural forms that affect it. This is done by a comparative analysis of formal types as arising in indigenous tradition as well as in the colonial context, in the context of both morphological form and surface treatment and styles. The emergence of the architectural profession during colonialism and its alliance with emerging tendencies of modern architecture than with indigenous artistic urges is examined. The hypothesis is made and supported by empirical evidence, that both tradition and modernity reside in "informal" architecture but are modified, controlled or moderated by factors such as varying social attitudes among the differing social groups that represent its practice.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Masood A. Khan.en_US
dc.format.extent165 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.title"Informal" architecture : an examination of some adaptive processes in architectural traditionsen_US
dc.title.alternativeAdaptive processes in architectural traditions, An examination of someen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc11451408en_US


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