Sociology and architecture?

Question

How does sociology affect architecture?

Answer 1

Good Question! I'm studying sociology right now, and when I graduate I plan on getting into an architecture school.

Most architecture buildings are built because of the community around them. The buildings are meant to conform with the environment and to help solve some of the societies problems.

Sociology is the systematic study of humam society. So a good architecture should study the society of a location before he is to establish a building in that area. First understanding if it is going to benefit the people, and if it's going to be effective.

Answer 2

Everything in a society that is savored as descriptive of them as a people and the things they appreciate is depicted in their art and building structures.

Answer 3

the greatest ideas of the time and any new technology is incorporated into the buildings and it's ornamentation, churches are the main recipients of such knowledge