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Primitive Hut

The Primitive Hut is a concept that explores the origins of architecture and its practice. The concept explores the anthropological relationship between human and the natural environment as the fundamental basis for the creation of architecture.

The idea of The Primitive Hut contends that the ideal architectural form embodies what is natural and intrinsic.

The Primitive Hut as an architectural theory was brought to life over the mid-1700s till the mid-1800s, theorised in particular by abbéMarc-Antoine Laugier.

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Laugier provided an allegory of a man in nature and his need for shelter in An Essay on Architecture that formed an underlying structure and approach to architecture and its practice. This approach has been explored in architectural theory to speculate on a possible destination for architecture as a discipline.

Origins of The Primitive Hut: Essai sur l'architecture (Essay on Architecture), 1755

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