Shape as Memory
A Geometric Theory of Architecture
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2006
93 pages
978-3-7643-7812-7 (ISBN)
Description
How do buildings store information and experience in their shape and form? Michael Leyton has attracted considerable attention with his interpretation of geometrical form as a medium for the storage of information and memory. In this publication he draws specific conclusions for the field of architecture and construction, attaching fundamental importance to the complex relationship between symmetry and asymmetry. Wie können Gebäudeformen Erfahrungen und Inhalte speichern? Leyton hat eine viel beachtete neue Theorie der geometrischen Form entwickelt. Er interpretiertdie geometrische Form - im Gegensatz zur gesamten Tradition - als Informations- und Gedächtnisträger. In vorliegender Darstellung zieht er die spezifischen Konsequenzen davon für den Bereich der Architektur und des Bauens.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
39 s/w Abbildungen, 18 farbige Abbildungen
39 b/w and 18 col. ill.
File size
2,98 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-7812-7 (9783764378127)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2006
1st Edition
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
€14.95
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Person
Professor Michael Leyton is on the faculty of the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, at Rutgers. He is president of the International Society for Mathematical and Computational Aesthetics and lives in Manhattan.
Content
History.- Geometry and Memory.- A Process-Grammar for Shape.- Architecture as Maximal Memory Storage.- Architecture and Computation.
