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Impact of Multiple Intelligences on Architectural Ability and Success: A Case Study of Pritzker Price Laureates (1979-2022)

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D. W. K. Gayantha

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The concept of Multiple Intelligences (MI) has been a popular area within the field of psychology and education since its introduction in 1983. MI is comprised of 09 autonomous intelligence types. As suggested by MI concepts, the making of an Architect involves a great deal of Visual-spatial Intelligence (VSI) out of the aforesaid ensemble. This research seeks to identify the impact of other intelligences types apart from VSI – also referred to as Non Visual-spatial Intelligence (NVSI) – associated with the aforesaid phenomenon. The study adopts a qualitative research method and relies on multiple case studies as the strategy, using compiled data extant in literature. The biographies of the entire population of prestigious Pritzker Prize Laureate Architects (PPLAs) up to year 2022 is considered from the award’s inception in 1979, to study their subject abilities other than Architectural; marked by Extra Architectural Abilities (EAA). Further, an additional literature survey facilitates the mapping of EAA data, in order to assess NVSI traits possessed by each of the architects under review. The compiled data is analyzed (using tables initially, and subsequently MS Excel after being turned into numerical values) to test the hypothesis that a significant level of EAA backed by NVSI is possessed by high standard architectural practitioners. Therefore, this research opens up new trails for further studies to seek the relationship between MI and architectural abilities/success, which could be beneficial to the sphere of architectural education as well as the profession as a whole.

Multiple Intelligences, Architects, Pritzker Prize, Extra Architectural Abilities, Visual-Special Intelligence

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