Sunday, January 16, 2011

Cultural and Social [socio-culture] influence on Architecture

Transformation based on social and cultural patterns is vital to any context.  The influence of these patterns in an urban environment continue to change, manipulate and transform space.

Culture in any society has a great effect on development of neighbourhoods, towns, and cities.  Food, music, sports and art seem to gather people of different ethnicities into one particular place.  These basic necessities and services found in any urban environment have the ability to characterize a place, giving identity, and even a sense of ownership for the community.

Toronto, the most multicultural city in the world continues to evolve and change.  As the population increases, as does the rate of development, and development in the city is obvious.  However, people in Toronto can and have been characterised as diverse, mixed and multicultural... This notion, or ideal is appealing, and perhaps even a bit misunderstood by other nations.

How do people of all different cultures coexist so easily in one city?  And more over, how is architecture effected by this heterogeneous composition?




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