The Humanization of Architecture as seen through the CIAM Archives
(International Congress of Modern Architects)
The Congressional Meeting Minutes of CIAM (Congrès internationaux d'architecture modern) cover the exchange of information from the world’s leading architects through ten meetings which took place across the span of 30 years form 1928-1959. My research draws specific language from these meetings dealing with the humanization of architecture and categorizes them into three areas of international influence in the shaping of modern architecture: standardization, city planning, and education.
Samuel Krueger
Student M.Arch
South Dakota State University
DoArch, Specs Studio 2020
Archive Link
Standardization City Planning Education
Excerpts from the CIAM Meeting Minutes
1928-1959
Countries Represented
Active Members
Mailing List
Architects and their Home Countries
Select Language of Humanization found within the Archives
Questions to Incite Further Discussion
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What are the limits people are willing to go, when it comes to sacrificing their human/biological needs and tendencies for social, economic, and political conveniences.
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Has the emphasis on digital designing practices and prefabricated materials, hindered our human sensorial experiences when it comes to interacting with the architectural spaces around us in a haptic manner?
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Is there a clear intellectual justification for architecture inspired by the human body rather than machines?
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How is or can architecture standardization of today begin to align with biological synthetics?
CIAM I 1928
They particularly insist on the fact that "building" is an elementary activity of the intimate man linked to the evolution and development of human life.
— S. Geidion, Switzerland