TOA1: Introduction and Influences

• "God is the architect of the world, therefore, architects are second to God" - Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
• "The art and science of designing and constructing buildings." - Francis DK Ching
• "The art, science and profession of planning, designing and constructing buildings in the totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength, and beauty." - CHED
• History is the description of architectural facts
• Theory is the explanation of architectural facts.
• Firmitas means strength
• Utilitas means utility
• Venustas means beauty
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Physiological Needs, Safety, Love and Belonging, Self-Esteem, Self-Actualization
• Physical Needs


  Self preservation and reproduction
• Emotional Needs


  It has to do with the instincts stirred by the forces of religion and art and with the desire to indulge in recreation
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory of motivation which states that five categories of human needs dictate an individual's behavior: physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs.
• Physiological needs include self-preservation, food, shelter, clothing, water, livelihood, and reproduction.
• Safety needs include shelter, security, stability, and freedom from fear.
• Love and belonging needs include family, friends, and intimacy.
• Esteem needs include prestige, respect, status, and recognition.
• Self-actualization needs include self-fulfillment, realization, and transcendence.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs can be divided into deficiency needs and growth needs.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs can also be divided into five stages: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
• From the bottom of the hierarchy upwards, the needs are: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem and self-actualization.
• The five-stage model of Maslow's hierarchy of needs can be represented as a pyramid with the physiological needs at the bottom, safety needs in the middle, love and belonging needs on the third tier, esteem needs on the fourth tier, and self-actualization needs at the top.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory states that these needs dictate an individual's behavior.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory can be applied to various aspects of life, including education, science, and government.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests that intellect or reason alone may erect a utilitarian building, but emotion will endow it with beauty and interest.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests that men need to obtain food, shelter, clothing and security, which are activity needs accompanying structures or buildings.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests thatman's urge for prestige, pride, ambition, social status, supremacy leads him to build sky scrapers, cathedrals, public buildings and monuments.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests that man's wish for love, friendship and sociability leads him to build structures that foster these emotions.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests that man's urge to assert himself as an individual leads him to build structures that express his individuality.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests that man's desire for self-expression leads him to build structures that are aesthetically pleasing.
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory suggests that the buildings may be more flamboyant in their conception and usually a closer relationship exists between the works of man and nature where vegetation is more luxuriant, more attention is paid to the color and texture of surface treatment.