Title: The relation between Fractals and Architecture Post by: Fractopia on April 20, 2013, 05:02:36 PM hey everyone,
I'm so glad that I've found this forum...It has been a few months since I've been acquainted with the world of Fractals. As an architect and Phd candidate, I'm doing a research about the routs of fractals in the history of Architecture, worldwide. I'll be thankful if any of you, provide me with any information about the relation between fractals and architecture. Best Regards, Fractopia Title: Re: The relation between Fractals and Architecture Post by: cKleinhuis on April 20, 2013, 05:23:33 PM hello and welcome to the forums
concerning fractals and architecture, since the term fractals is relatively new, they did not call it like this, the simple methods like iterations or repetive patterns are in the history of architecture all around the world, they obviously used fractal techniques, for example the hindu temples from india http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_temple Title: Re: The relation between Fractals and Architecture Post by: Fractopia on April 20, 2013, 10:19:06 PM Thank you for your response,
Regarding your knowledge in Fractal software, Is there any software specifically for Fractal Architecture? It will be a great help if you inform me about the suitable softwares in this field. Title: Re: The relation between Fractals and Architecture Post by: taurus on April 22, 2013, 12:11:10 PM annother relation - while not strictly fractal - is the penrose tiling. It has an important property of fractals, the self similarity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling) Unfortunately the english wikipedia entry misses the relation to ealy ornaments in islamic architecture, especially the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girih_tiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girih_tiles) and later derivatives. below an ornament of the Darb-e-Imam shrine (1453) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darb-e_Imam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darb-e_Imam) besides a pure penrose tiling (http://sciencev1.orf.at/static2.orf.at/science/storyimg/storypart_233992.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Pen0305c-colored.gif/240px-Pen0305c-colored.gif) |