The Fractal Dimension of Architecture | Buch

Cover: 9783319324241 | The Fractal Dimension of Architecture | Josephine Vaughan (u. a.)

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Beschreibung

Fractal analysis is a method for measuring, analysing and comparing the formal or geometric properties of complex objects. In this book it is used to investigate eighty-five buildings that have been designed by some of the twentieth-century¿s most respected and celebrated architects. Including designs by Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Richard Meier and Kazuyo Sejima amongst others, this book uses mathematics to analyse arguments and theories about some of the world¿s most famous designs.

Starting with 625 reconstructed architectural plans and elevations, and including more than 200 specially prepared views of famous buildings, this book presents the results of the largest mathematical study ever undertaken into architectural design and the largest single application of fractal analysis presented in any field. The data derived from this study is used to test three overarching hypotheses about social, stylistic and personal trends in design, along with five celebrated arguments about twentieth-century architecture. Through this process the book offers a unique mathematical insight into the history and theory of design.

Zusammenfassung

First volume in the new series "Mathematics and the Built Environment"

Presents the results of the largest and most mathematically rigorous analysis of architectural form ever undertaken

Contains a clear description of the process of using fractal dimensions to measure architecture, along with a detailed demonstration of its application

The book is extensively illustrated with new computer-generated images (plans, elevations and perspectives) of 85 famous buildings

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction.- Part I: Understanding and Measuring Fractal Dimensions.- 2.Fractals in Architectural Design and Critique.- 3.Introducing the Box-Counting Method.- 4.Measuring Architecture.- 5.Refining and Understanding the Method.- Part II: Measuring Twentieth Century Architecture.- 6.Analysing the Form of the Twentieth Century House.- [...] Rise of Modernity.- 8.Organic Design.- [...]-Modernism.- [...]-Garde and Abstraction.- 11.Minimalism and Regionalism.- 12.Conclusion.- References.- Acknowledgments.

Details

Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Mathematics and the Built Environment
Inhalt:	xvii 423 S. 202 s/w Illustr. 423 p. 202 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783319324241
ISBN-10:	3319324241
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-32424-1
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Vaughan, Josephine Ostwald, Michael J.
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Springer Nature Switzerland Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG Mathematics and the Built Environment
Maße:	241 x 160 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Josephine Vaughan (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.10.2016
Gewicht:	0,909 kg

Artikel-ID: 107556971