organic design philosophy in theory and practice Harris, James 1957- creator text bibliography nmu 2012 monographic eng

print

txt

410p. ill. 27cm. Introduction -- Man, nature, and architecture. The journey from mathematical monsters to the key to nature's structure -- The human desire for nature -- Nature's order and its architectural embodiment -- Skyscraper form and its fractal derivative -- Nature and human cognition. Gestalt and the wholeness of fractal structure -- Perception and cognition of natural form -- The universal quality of fractal expression -- The abstract trajectory to the fractal modernist form -- Architecture from nature. Nature's generative character -- Elements of fractal form -- The fractal confluence of science and art -- The spectrum of architecture's relationship to nature. James Harris. Includes bibliographical references and index. Geometry in architecture Fractals NA2760 H37 2012 704.9/49514742 9780826352019 9780826352026 2011041452 pucpr 130412 20191204113513.0 eng