Buildings as macro-cognitive artefacts: Material engagement theory and the architecture of thinking-through-things—The case of Moriyama House
Frontiers of Architectural Research March 1, 2026 Büşra Dilaveroğlu
This study redefines the ontological status of architecture through the framework of Lambros Malafouris's Material Engagement Theory (MET). Moving beyond paradigms that treat buildings as passive settings or symbolic forms, it argues that architecture operates as a macro-cognitive artifact—an active, constitutive participant in cognitive life. The investigation centers on Ryue Nishizawa's...