The Manifestation of Politics in Architectural Practice

Abstract

There is an underlying theoretical structure between the spheres of politics and architectural practice. The contingent relationships between them are ideology, function, process, and design. In each of these contingencies, there are middle-range theoretical dimensions that relate more directly to the architect's practice world. In this article, I present empirical cases to map the terrain between politics and architectural practice. A general causal model interrelates these four primary contingencies and identifies their structural relationships.