Influence of the evolutionary perspective on the architectural core subjects

Abstract

This educational proposal may challenge preconceived ideas deeply rooted in your education. My hopes are few, but there’s a chance you will find it as self-evident as I do after several years of passionate and patient research. Its main topic is an evolutionary approach, or theory, based on the hypothesis that humans have a natural affinity toward architecture, and that this affinity has evolved through natural selection. My theory argues that architecture is a behavior inherited from precursor species, that architectural emotions are the product of natural selection, that we share some architectural emotions with animals while other are particular to humans, and that architecture is not a purely emotional phenomenon either, but rather one that is comparable to speech: an inherited capacity that develops both instinctively as well as through learning.