حنانه پروین

After the decline of positivism and the rise of values, the issue of the meaning of life found its way into philosophy as an independent problem. However, the meaning of life was a constant ordinary concern of man. Modern people often live in metropolises, and the meaning of life for them is affected by metropolitan structures. Accordingly, the pursuit of a meaning for the modern life should consider how humans are affected by such structures. In this paper, we turn to architecture as a major component of metropolitan life, which has tremendously transformed the appearance of cities. After an examination of developments and characteristics of three architectural elements—house, street, and glass—we grapple with the question: What characteristics does modern architecture have, and how do they affect the meaning of life? The method of our research is library and analytic. Our findings suggest that semantic elements of each component are extremely shared or belong to a shared ancestor. In this way, it turns out that modern architecture in metropolises tend to have similar properties, which direct challenges about the meaning of life at self-alienation, objectification, loneliness, superficiality, anxiety, and loss of safety.