Fractal Architecture: Organic Design Philosophy in Theory and Practice
Fractal Architecture: Organic Design Philosophy in Theory and Practice
$75.00
Harris, James. Fractal Architecture: Organic Design Philosophy in Theory and Practice
University of New Mexico
2012
Book ID: 91587
Throughout history, nature has served as an inspiration for architecture and designers have tried to incorporate the harmonies and patterns of nature into architectural form. Alberti, Charles Rennie Macintosh, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier are just a few of the well- known figures who have taken this approach and written on this theme. With the development of fractal geometry--the study of intricate and interesting self- similar mathematical patterns--in the last part of the twentieth century, the quest to replicate natureÕs creative code took a stunning new turn. Using computers, it is now possible to model and create the organic, self-similar forms of nature in a way never previously realized. 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.
420 pp., 400 color illus. Pap.
