Cornell Journal of Architecture Mathematics: from the Idea to the Uncertain

Name: Cornell Journal of Architecture Mathematics: from the Idea to the Uncertain
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ISBN: 9780978506124

ISBN-10: 097850612X

ISBN-13: 9780978506124

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Authors: Cornell AAP Publishers Staff

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While mathematics in architecture has historically referenced notions of order, proportion, and ideal form, the discipline of mathematics itself has shifted to encompass uncertainty, incompleteness, relativity, and chaos towards a situation in which truth itself is elusive. This move stems in part from an engagement with real phenomena, in which natural systems were shown to behave non-linearly and unpredictably. In architecture, while computational developments enabling dynamic and variable modeling have been subsumed into our culture of design and production, a new kind of idealism has emerged. Formally prolific and inherently multiplicitous, this book proposes algorithmic truth and…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Actar Birkhauser Distribution
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English