文化与人造世界——建筑史的限度

Culture and the Built Realm: The Limits of Architectural History

斯皮罗·科斯托夫1988年在密歇根大学建筑与城市规划学院的这篇讲演是对自己革命性学术生涯的一次总结,讲述了他从求学耶鲁大学到执教加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校期间不断变化的心路历程、与其相关的学术环境以及更大的社会历史背景。他对西方建筑史学传统的深刻反思反映了20世纪后期美国建筑历史学科的发展变化以及在建筑史学和史观上的突破。他提出建筑史不应限于对过去建筑形式风格迭代的研究,而应成为人们为改善未来生活环境而争辩的论坛。

This lecture by Spiro Kostof in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan in 1988 is a summary of his revolutionary academic career, with accounts of his changing mindsets and corresponding academic environments against the greater social and historical backgrounds, from Yale where he was a graduate student to Berkeley where he was the professor of architectural history. His critical reflections on the tradition of Western architectural historiography reflect the development in the field of architectural history in the United States in later 20 th century and the breakthroughs in architectural historiography. He argues that architectural history should not be limited to the studies of the aesthetic evolutions of formal styles, and it should become the forum where people can have impacts on the future of their living environment.