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Fractal Architecture : Organic Design Philosophy in Theory and Practice.

In Fractal Architecture, architect James Harris presents a definitive, lavishly illustrated guide that explains both the "how" and "why" of incorporating fractal geometry into architectural design.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mattei, Giuseppe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Man, Nature, and Architecture; 1: The Journey from Mathematical Monsters to the Key to Nature's Structure; 2: The Human Desire for Nature; 3: Nature's Order and Its Architectural Embodiment; 4: Skyscraper Form and Its Fractal Derivative; Part II: Nature and Human Cognition; 5: Gestalt and the Wholeness of Fractal Structure; 6: Perception and Cognition of Natural Form; 7: The Universal Quality of Fractal Expression; 8: The Abstract Trajectory to the Fractal Modernist Form; Part III: Architecture from Nature
  • 9: Nature's Generative Character10: Elements of Fractal Form; 11: The Fractal Confluence of Science and Art; 12: The Spectrum of Architecture's Relationship to Nature; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover