Phronesis and Dao： Cultivating Ethics and Wisdom in the Process of Making Architecture

作     者：Leonidas Koutsoumpos Yue Zhuang 

作者机构：School of Architecture National Technical University of Athens Patision 42 10682 AthensGreece Department of Modern Languages University of Exeter Queen's Building Exeter EX4 4QHUK 

出 版 物：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》 (复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第9卷第2期

页      码：213-228页

摘      要：Contemporary China, the largest construction site in the world, is the centre of production of architectural ＇vessels＇ that are compacted with technical and scientific knowledge. Nevertheless, traditional wisdom and personal cultivation is often neglected in this process of creating architecture. This paper makes a connection between the Chinese ideogram of 道 （dao = way）, with the Greek term of φρovησιc （phronesis = practical wisdom）, in the context of architecture. We argue that both terms bring forth the importance of ethics and practical wisdom in the making of architecture, as a process of cultivation. This argument is discussed through two case studies： a historical Chinese garden （Sima Guang＇s ＇Garden of Solitary Enjoyment＇）, as a manifestation of Dao, and an educational situation from a contemporary architectural design studio in a school of architecture, as a manifestation of phronesis. Both these diverse examples offer a possibility to see architecture as the creation of ＇vessels for life＇ where ＇vessel＇ and ＇life＇ are inseparable.

主 题 词：Ethics - Wisdom Phronesis Dao Cultivation 'Vessels for life'Chinese gardens Architectural design education 

学科分类：0501[文学-中国语言文学类] 0303[法学-社会学类] 0502[文学-外国语言文学类] 12[管理学] 01[哲学] 1301[艺术学-艺术学理论类] 0101[哲学-哲学类] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程类] 010105[010105] 

D　O　I：10.1007/s40647-015-0113-8

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