An architectural culture of uncertainty

When Neolithic man first began to comprehend how to interact with and use nature, developing a process of domestication of spaces and habitats, the forming of human culture began. Hunter-gatherers embarked upon a process of appropriating natural spaces, progressing from the linear and temporary to the central and permanent, defining the fundamental necessities of a site for permanent settlement relevant to this day, and which in the arid or semi-arid regions are met with difficulty, above all, the particular necessity of water. The need to adapt to arid conditions, to scarce energy supplies, and the difficulties of satisfying the parameters of hygrothermal comfort, has determined the development of a technical culture of resource management, not only of agriculture and stockbreeding, but also of settlement and construction.