Two-in-One

Nature and Result of The Conflict Within Architecture

Abstract

Modern architecture is not something that had been born from nothing at the turn of 20th century as somebody thinks. The roots of this phenomenon derive from the profane paradigm which constantly stays in a dialogue with the Sacred one and goes through all the history of human settlements.

The remarkable events of architectural history and the current practice are the consequences of the relations (domination or balance) between the Sacred (high, ideal) and the profane (practical, functional) paradigms.