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(ymbolism in 'rchitecture
Every work of architecture is symbolic.
There is a powerful powerful need for symbolism, and that means means that the architecture must have something that appeals to human heart. -Kenzo Tange
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Introduction:
(ymbols carry varied meaning in di)erent settings. *n architecture, symbolism e+ists at each level. owever we tend to connect it mainly to historical and religious structures as the imagery appears to be highly e+plicit and profound in them. (ymbolism can be dened as the systematic use of recurrent symbols or images in a wor to create an added level of meaning. (ymbols give meaning to an ob/ect, plant or animal. The term Symbolic architecture was rst coined by 0harles encs in the 1"2!s to describe architecture with a strong degree of personication or with allusions to cultural ideas, historical references, and other pre-3odernist themes, or in which there were visual /oes, puns, and mnemonic motifs. To provide some intuition, a rst denition of a symbolic architecture is an architecture that utilizes symbol manipulations in a +ed manner to represent its processing. 4very structure has an inherent symbolism. The courtyard at the center of a regular house 5$rahmasthan6, over and above its practical purposes is the symbol of connection between men and 7od or the men and the elements of soul at the center of our being and the ultimate principle pervading the universe 8 all of which are believed to e+ists but relatively unnown. 9hen we are attempting to understand the wor of architecture or monuments and the conte+t 5culture, life, living standard etc6, understanding of symbolism and how it a)ected the people is essential. :ne may only gaw at these great monuments without understanding otherwise. This paper is an endeavor to highlight some signicant facets of symbolism as e+pressed in some well nown e+amples from ancient 4gypt. 'ncient 4gypt was symbolically oriented to a degree rarely e;ualed by other cultures.
Symbolism in Egyptian Architecture Great Pyramids of Gaza 9hen we loo at these pyramids we see layer upon layers of symbolism. %or us these symbolic of man
