Nexus Network Journal 11,2

Architecture and Mathematics

Kim Williams (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
III, 180 Seiten
2009 | 2009
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-7643-8975-8 (ISBN)

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The fundamental concept of structure is what connects architecture to mathematics. For architecture, the generating structure might be geometrical, musical, modular or fractal. The papers in this volume all explore themes of structure in different ways.

The title of this issue of the Nexus Network Journal, "Architecture, Mathematics and Structure," is deliberately ambiguous. At first glance, it might seem to indicate the relationship between what buildings look like and how they stand up. This is indeed one aspect of what we are concerned with here. But on a deeper level, the fundamental concept of structure is what connects architecture to mathematics. Both architecture and mathematics are highly structured formal systems expressed through a symbolic language. For architecture, the generating structure might be geometrical, musical, modular, or fractal. Once we understand the nature of the structure underlying the design, we are able to "read" the meaning inherent in the architectural forms. The papers in this issue all explore themes of structure in different ways.

Letter from the Editor.- Letter from the Editor.- Research.- Continuity versus Discretization.- Cognitive-Mathematical Approaches for Evaluating Architectural Contextual Fit.- Nicola Zabaglia and the School of Practical Mechanics of the Fabbrica of St. Peter's in Rome.- Mathematics for/from Society: The Role of the Module in Modernizing Japanese Architectural Production.- Can Chaos Theory Explain Complexity In Urban Fabric? Applications in Traditional Muslim Settlements.- Antonelli's Dome for San Gaudenzio: Geometry and Statics.- Music and Architecture: A Cross between Inspiration and Method.- Using Key Diagrams to Design and Construct Roman Geometric Mosaics?.- The N4C Joint.- Didactics.- Geometries of Imaginary Space: Architectural Developments of the Ideas of M. C. Escher and Buckminster Fuller.- Mathematical Machines: A Laboratory for Mathematics.- Conference Report.- Fortification in Focus - Mathematical Methods in Military Architecture of the 16th and 17th Centuries and their Sublimation in Civil Architecture.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.7.2009
Reihe/Serie Nexus Network Journal
Zusatzinfo III, 180 p.
Verlagsort Basel
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Gewicht 294 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Technik Architektur
Schlagworte Architecture • Design • Geometry • Mathematics • Structure
ISBN-10 3-7643-8975-3 / 3764389753
ISBN-13 978-3-7643-8975-8 / 9783764389758
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