Психосоциални производни от архитектурата – три теории
Psychosocial Derivatives from Architecture – Three Theories

Summary/Abstract: In the context of the theoretical uncertainty of the phenomenon of Architecture, two opposing positions are compared, after some similarities between them have been identified. One belongs to the author, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arch. Emil Yordanov, to which he dedicated a monograph. The idea is to clarify the phenomenon of Architecture by delving into the stages of its development, in parallel with the determining stages in the development of culture and mentality. Within this interaction, personal architectural professionalism is being cultivated. The other position – of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arch. Todor Tsigov, accepts Architecture as a myth, whose utilitarian and artistic sides are (respectively) real and similar, i. e. – qualitatively different manifestations of essence, that do not interact objectively: two autonomous objects in a common entity. The interaction with the real manifestations of essence turns out to be a ritual towards the similar, mythologising them as real. Out of this follows the suggestive potential of Architecture and a conclusion about the architectural nature of perceptions and the religious nature of the psyche. The comparison between the two theses reveals unusual aspects of the phenomenon Architecture – beyond the professional practice, with humanitarian and philosophical significance.

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