The Fractal Dimension of Architecture

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ostwald, Michael J. (Autor), Vaughan, Josephine (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Mathematics and the Built Environment, 1
Temas:
Mathematics.
Arts.
Architecture-Mathematics.
Mathematics in Art and Architecture.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 7.The Rise of Modernity
  • 8.Organic Design
  • 9.Post-Modernism
  • 10.Avant-Garde and Abstraction
  • 11.Minimalism and Regionalism
  • 12.Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgments.

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