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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797161603321

Autore

Choma Joseph

Titolo

Morphing : a guide to mathematical transformations for architects and designers / / Joseph Choma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Laurence King Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-78067-722-7

1-78067-721-9

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

516.2

Soggetti

Architecture - Composition, proportion, etc

Architectural design

Geometry in architecture

Architecture - Mathematics

Transformations (Mathematics)

Trigonometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; Transformations; Shaping; Translating; Cutting; Rotating; Reflecting; Scaling; Modulating; Ascending; Spiralling; Texturing; Bending; Pinching; Flattening; Thickening; Combining Transformations; Cutting and Spiralling; Scaling and Spiralling; Modulating and Spiralling; Spiralling and Ascending; Texturing and Spiralling; Bending and Spiralling; Spiralling and Bending; Pinching and Spiralling; Flattening and Spiralling; Spiralling and Flattening; Spiralling and Thickening; Combining Shapes; A Mound; A Meandering Mound; A Leaning Mound; A Steeper Mound; A Creased Mound

A Creassed and Pinched MoundA Wedge; A Ridge and Trench; Two Ridges; Another Ridge and Trench; A Valley; Moguls; Analyzing; Japan Pavilion - Shigeru Ban Architects; UK Pavilion - Heatherwick Studio; Mur Island - Acconci Studio; Son-O-House - NOX/Lars Spuybroek; Ark Nova - Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor; Looptecture F - Endo Shuhei Architect Institute ; Mercedes-Benz Museum - UNStudio; Developing Surfaces; Plane to Cylinder; Cylinder with Ascending; Cylinder with Texturing and Ascending; Cylinder with Flattening, Texturing and



Ascending; Cylinder with Modulating, Flattening and Texturing

Plane to ConeCone with Spiralling; Cone with Spiralling and Texturing; Cone with Spiralling, Texturing and Modulating; Cone with Spiralling, Texturing and More Modulating; Assumptions; Bibliography; Acknowledgements

Sommario/riassunto

Cylinders, spheres and cubes are a small handful of shapes that can be defined by a single word. However, most shapes cannot be found in a dictionary. They belong to an alternative plastic world defined by trigonometry: a mathematical world where all shapes can be described under one systematic language and where any shape can transform into another.This visually striking guidebook clearly and systematically lays out the basic foundation for using these mathematical transformations as design tools. It is intended for architects, designers, and anyone with the curiosity to understand the link b