The New Mathematics of Architecture. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The New Mathematics of Architecture

Ever since building began, architecture has relied on mathematicsto achieve visual harmony, structural integrity, and logical construction.For most of the history of building, architects have applied theprinciples of Euclidean geometry, the description of points, lines,and volumes according to the three axes of space.

Recently, however, digital design tools and massive computerprocessing power, along with an increasing interest in physics andpure mathematics, have given architects the means to describe andbuild spatial constructs that would have been inconceivable eventen years ago.

This carefully researched survey of some forty internationalprojects—largely built—offers an overview of how differentstrategies are being employed through accessible illustrations andclear text. Each section presents case studies of projects by globallyrecognized architects through diagrams, photographs, and texts.

Jane Burry and Mark Burry are architects. Jane Burry is a research fellow in the Spatial information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) and Mark Burry is an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Director of the Design Research Institute and SIAL at RMIT University, Melbume. Mark Burry has also been a consultant architect for Gaudi's Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona since 1979. Both authors have published numerous articles, papers and contributions to books on architecture, mathematics and digital design.
Brett Steele is director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and AA Publications, London.