Classification of Architecture in Accordance with Man’s Degrees of Being Based on Teachings of Quran and Islamic Wisdom
Subject Areas :
1 - University of Tehran
Keywords: man architecture Holy Quran Islamic wisdom,
Abstract :
Architecture is a phenomenon related to mankind and should be materialized accordingly. Thus, studying human being as the base of cognition in this science is inevitable. That is why it is important to understand the degrees of architecture in relation to man’s degrees of being. On the other hand, as definition of man and how he is perceived sometimes greatly vary, differences in understanding of architecture would also be natural. From this standpoint, this paper tries to shed light on the nature of mankind based on the teachings of the Holy Quran and Islamic wisdom as the epistemic system governing the research. It investigates the relationship resulting from this understanding in relation with architecture in different degrees. That, in turn, leads to classification of architecture in proportion to mankind’s ontological structure. This paper draws the structure of man’s being in three realms of nature, instinct and Fitrat and in three levels of body, soul and Nafs (self). Then, architecture’s levels are arranged in correlation with these realms and
