Ethical Responsibility in the Practice of Architecture | ||
Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
Article 6, Volume 37, 11A, November 2019, Pages 488-495 PDF (745.15 K) | ||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||
DOI: 10.30684/etj.37.11A.6 | ||
Author | ||
Abdullah S.S. Almaamouri | ||
Department of Architecture, University of Technology - Iraq | ||
Abstract | ||
The research deals with the concept of ethical responsibility as one of the most influential concepts in the process of practicing architecture. It is defined as “systems of ethical principles and engineering rules governing the architect in making decisions of design practice, making them sound, preventing them from making mistakes during the stages of design, and the maintenance “by the commitment to them, result in creative architectural texts benefit the individual and society,” and thus determine the research problem in (Lack of cognitive perception of the role of moral responsibility in the practice of architecture). Therefore, the research aims at clarifying the standards, elements and principles of the practice of architecture according to the moral responsibility of the architecture, and accordingly the research assumes that the indicators of moral responsibility have a positive impact in the formulation of creative architectural productions. For the purpose of addressing the issue of research and achieve the objectives of the research and verification of the hypothesis was first build a framework of knowledge, and a comprehensive theoretical framework of moral responsibility deduced from the architectural propositions and proposals to materialize as Chock final in three main indicators: “Standards of the practice of architecture morally, and the ingredients of the practice of architecture morally, and the foundations of the practice of architecture morally”. | ||
Keywords | ||
Ethics; Moral responsibility; Ethical practice; architecture | ||
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