Thames and Hudson, London : 2012
271 p. : il.
ISBN 9780500290255
Arquitectura -- Matemáticas.
Diseño arquitectónico.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038 NEW
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1800699~S1*spi
This in-depth survey of forty-six international projects, compiled and written by leading architects of digital design, offers a thorough overview of the most exciting manifestations of these new processes through accessible illustrations, lucid texts, hands-on experience and constructed projects. The result is a rich compendium of the thinking and building behind today’s most exciting architecture.
Jane Burry is an architect and associate professor at RMIT University’s Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) in Melbourne, Australia. Mark Burry is Director of SIAL and Founding Director of RMIT’s Design Research Institute. Brett Steele is director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and AA Publications, London.
The New Mathematics of Architecture
Reviewed by Norman Weinstein | Architectural Record, 2012-01-12
http://archrecord.construction.com/features/critique/books/2012/1201-The-New-Mathematics-of-Architecture.asp
Technological advances have transformed mathematics from a loyal handmaiden to architects to a muse, largely because of the advent of accelerated desktop computing and advanced design software. Sophisticated software frees today’s architects from endless calculations, making complex forms like Mobius strips and water bubbles almost as easily achievable as conventional rectilinear forms—a phenomenon that was unimaginable a decade ago. This book—about the increased role of mathematics as a driving force in design—by husband and wife Jane and Mark Burry, is thoughtful, engaging, and richly-illustrated. Most of their more than 40 projects have been built, while a daunting few, perhaps fortunately, remain unrealized except as labyrinthine models or exotic algorithms.
The authors display and analyze their projects through six topical areas: mathematical surfaces and seriality, complexity theory, tessellation, optimization, topology, and datascapes. The Burrys simplify exceedingly abstruse mathematical and geometric theories so that even the most non-mathematically-minded architect can follow. But the book’s organization—by mathematical theory rather than by project type—makes searching for practical applications unwieldy.
Despite the title broadcasting “New Math,” several showcased projects – Foster + Partners’ Battersea Power Station hexagonal auditorium for example –reinforce the potency of designing with the ancient Golden Mean in mind. Heneghan Peng’s majestic Grand Egyptian Museum, whose translucent stone wall is ornamented by a veritable shower of triangles within triangles, uses a fractal theory nearly a century old. A monumental wall, described by the Burrys as the museum’s “main tectonic and iconic event.” wraps around the building, even extending beyond it. All the galleries have sightlines through generous windows to Cairo’s ancient pyramids a short distance away. No more moving example of how the newest technology can return us to the wonder of ancient design is imagainable.
Jane Burry is an architect and associate professor at RMIT University’s Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) in Melbourne, Australia. Mark Burry is Director of SIAL and Founding Director of RMIT’s Design Research Institute. Brett Steele is director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and AA Publications, London.
The New Mathematics of Architecture
Reviewed by Norman Weinstein | Architectural Record, 2012-01-12
http://archrecord.construction.com/features/critique/books/2012/1201-The-New-Mathematics-of-Architecture.asp
Technological advances have transformed mathematics from a loyal handmaiden to architects to a muse, largely because of the advent of accelerated desktop computing and advanced design software. Sophisticated software frees today’s architects from endless calculations, making complex forms like Mobius strips and water bubbles almost as easily achievable as conventional rectilinear forms—a phenomenon that was unimaginable a decade ago. This book—about the increased role of mathematics as a driving force in design—by husband and wife Jane and Mark Burry, is thoughtful, engaging, and richly-illustrated. Most of their more than 40 projects have been built, while a daunting few, perhaps fortunately, remain unrealized except as labyrinthine models or exotic algorithms.
The authors display and analyze their projects through six topical areas: mathematical surfaces and seriality, complexity theory, tessellation, optimization, topology, and datascapes. The Burrys simplify exceedingly abstruse mathematical and geometric theories so that even the most non-mathematically-minded architect can follow. But the book’s organization—by mathematical theory rather than by project type—makes searching for practical applications unwieldy.
Despite the title broadcasting “New Math,” several showcased projects – Foster + Partners’ Battersea Power Station hexagonal auditorium for example –reinforce the potency of designing with the ancient Golden Mean in mind. Heneghan Peng’s majestic Grand Egyptian Museum, whose translucent stone wall is ornamented by a veritable shower of triangles within triangles, uses a fractal theory nearly a century old. A monumental wall, described by the Burrys as the museum’s “main tectonic and iconic event.” wraps around the building, even extending beyond it. All the galleries have sightlines through generous windows to Cairo’s ancient pyramids a short distance away. No more moving example of how the newest technology can return us to the wonder of ancient design is imagainable.
DOCUMENTATION
The New Mathematics of Architecture
Lionel March | Architects Journal, 2010-11-14
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/the-new-mathematics-of-architecture/8606740.article
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LINKS
Thames and Hudson | The new mathematics of architecture
http://www.thamesandhudson.com/The_New_Mathematics_of_Architecture/9780500290255
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