Evaluation of the metaphorical image in architecture
Abstract
The metaphorical image represented in the architectural works was subjected to
evaluation by different social sectors perceiving them in the society. Despite the
diversity in the studies related to metaphorical image. In addition, the special
standards forwarded for metaphorical image were dependent on selective formula as
they were conjugated with the cultural context to which the critic belongs giving such
interpretations. These studies.could not formulate a theoretical framework comprised
cultural contexts. Its methodology concentrated ontheconstructionof atheoretical
framework, the isolation of the variables related its main aspects, the clarification of
its measurements and the performance of a selected field study which includes the
main aspects of the evaluation process.
This papers aims to determine and describe factors influencing evaluation of the
metaphorical image in architecture according to certain architectural patterns to
specimen from Iraqi environment. The framework included aspects represented by the
metaphorical process, perception and evaluation.
Using a special methodology the research hypotheses were checked and the data
were processed using the computer software SPSS for statistical analysis.
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