Visual Literacy in Built Environment Context: A Theoretical Study of The Potential to Write and Read Architecture

Hameeda Ibrahim Muslat; Mahmood Khayat

doi:10.25212/lfu.qzj.6.1.28

Authors

Hameeda Ibrahim Muslat Department of Architecture Engineering, College of Engineering, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Mahmood Khayat Department of Architecture Engineering, College of Engineering, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25212/lfu.qzj.6.1.28

Keywords:

Architecture Theory, Visual Literacy, Gestalt, Architectural Style, Visual Reading

Abstract

Architecture as a language is not a new subject that has been brought up on the table recently but rather is an assumption that has arisen since the last century. The purpose of this research is to understand how can this language be read visually as long as its designs are written text by formulating terms adopted by the basic concept of Literacy which has been defined as the ability to read and write. This paper refers to architectural projects as written text in a built environment, and perception will be referred to as reading. In the formulation of this concept, the research methodology is designed to establish a framework of analysis through the use of theoretical factors derived from previous studies and mainly focused on the work of Gestalt Theory. The research concludes that the audience is literate and conscious of architecture, which indicates that the potential to read architecture can be acquired

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