WHY STUDY

HISTORY OF
ARCHITECTURE
?
Aside from the fact that it is part of the
Architect’s Licensure Exam
Why Study History of
Architecture?
“Today I am accused of
being a revolutionary, yet
I confess to having had
only one master: the past;
and only one discipline:
the study of the past.”

- Le Corbusier
Prehistoric
Architectur
e
Greek
Architectur
e
Roman
Architectur
e
Byzantine
Architectur
e
European
Medieval
Architectur
e
20th

Century
Architectur
e
What does
Historical
Architecture
teach us?
What does Historical Architecture

teach us?
■Architecture as a response to human needs
■Human Experiences created by Architecture
■What worked and what can be improved
■What shaped the Architecture and the
practice of Architecture today
Contemporary Architects we can:

■Design emotional spaces within which

people can live their lives;
■Shape peoples realities and;
■Shape the future of people by
designing better buildings, better cities
and a better world
“Life can only be
understood backwards; but
it must be lived forwards.”
- Søren Kierkegaard
“When we are tired, we are
attacked by ideas we
conquered long ago.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
“We are products of our
past, but we don't have to
be prisoners of it.”
- Rick Warren
“You realize that our
mistrust of the future
makes it hard to give up
the past.”
- Chuck Palahniuk
“There is no point in using the
word 'impossible' to describe
something that has clearly
happened.”
- Douglas Adams
“Study the past if you
would define the future.”
- Confucius
”Ang Hindi lumingon sa
pinanggalingan Hindi
makararating sa
paroroonan.”
- Filipino Proverb