Fractal Architecture : Knowledge formation within and between architecture and the sciences of complexity.

ISBN-13: 9783639152142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 396 str.

Michael Ostwald

Opis

Fractal architecture is a complex and elusive conceptthat can mean different things in different contexts. Drawn from architecture, mathematics and complexityscience and with diverse origins and applicationsin each discipline fractal architecture is ofinterest both as an isolated concept and as anexample of how knowledge is developed and exchangedbetween disciplines. The objectives of the presentwork are essentially epistemological; they areconcerned with tracing and critiquing the way inwhich ideas shift between disciplines and the hybridconcepts that are formed in this process. The centralthread traced through this work is fractalarchitecture and the primary knowledge domains inwhich it is investigated are architectural theory,design and mathematics. In the process of unravellingthis thread, the present work seeks to answer thequestion of whether or not, from any perspective,fractal architecture is a useful or meaningful concept?

O autorze

Professor Michael J. Ostwald is Dean of Architecture at the
University of Newcastle, Australia and a Professorial Research
Fellow at Victoria University Wellington. He has a PhD in
architectural theory and a higher doctorate in design
mathematics. Michael is on the editorial boards of Architectural
Theory Review and the Nexus Network Journal.