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Form And Numbers: Mathematical Patterns And Ordering Elements In Design, Alison Marie Thom
Form And Numbers: Mathematical Patterns And Ordering Elements In Design, Alison Marie Thom
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In America, buildings are often constructed with the intent of being utile only 30-40 years. All over the world though, there are buildings that are hundreds of years old that are still very functional. Historically, architecture was a part of mathematics, and in many periods of the past, the two were indistinguishable. Architects were often required to be also mathematicians in ancient times. The idea of this thesis is to identify the relationship between mathematics and architecture and to reintroduce them in order to create a module for successful design .
Presence of mathematical boundaries help to attain visual consistency …