2022 Volume 87 Issue 802 Pages 2710-2721
This study attempted to examine the ecological foundations of design activities based on the findings of previous studies. First, the results of previous studies were summarized, and five properties of architectural design intentions were extracted. Next, each property of design intentions was compared with the environmental concepts discussed in the architectural studies. In addition, the problems in understanding design intentions in ecological terms, that is, the natural character that appears beyond the artificial, were confirmed. The concept of nature, as presented by the 18th-century German critic Gotthold E. Lessing, was subsequently introduced as a useful concept to overcome the problems.
