Utilitarianism in 21st Century: Modern Architecture

What is utility? According to the Oxford Dictionary, utility is defined as “the state of being useful, profitable or beneficial” (Oxford). For economists, the term utility is more associated with the “total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service” (Investopedia). For architects, utility means to maximize the efficiency of the use of space, light, material that the construction of a building requires. In a more common sense, utility is about the level of happiness from doing an activity. If utility is a measurement of how satisfied we are or how useful things are, then utilitarianism is to promote action which maximizes utility or happiness. Utilitarianism in architecture becomes functionalism, which stresses that the design for a building should be based on its purpose, a principle that many 21st century architectures follow. <a href="https://medium.com/@xm335/utilitarianism-in-21st-century-modern-architecture-a90906e6a18c">Click Here</a>