An architectural fact refers to the objective, observable reality of built form—its materials, structure, and spatial organization. It encompasses measurable aspects like proportion, function, and construction, yet also reflects collective human intent. Architectural facts ground theory, design, and meaning in tangible, verifiable elements of the built environment. Yet, architectural facts are continuously assembled through networks of human and nonhuman actors. They are not a substance, but a fragile, dynamic process of association, eluding the distinction between an artefact and its contextual forces.
De Facto Methodologies
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Stephanie Rae Lloyd
Stephanie Rae Lloyd is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work examines the contested relationships between facts, publics and architecture through the tracing of historical origins, theoretical frameworks and contemporary processes. Stephanie is interested in the role architecture, as a discipline and profession, plays in the formation of public and civic discourse.