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

Ostwald, Michael

ISBN 10: 363915214X / ISBN 13: 9783639152142

Published by VDM Verlag, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fractal Architecture: Knowledge formation within and between architecture and the sciences of complexity.
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363915214X
• ISBN 13: 9783639152142
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Fractal architecture is a complex and elusive concept that can mean different things in different contexts. Drawn from architecture, mathematics and complexity science ? and with diverse origins and applications in each discipline ? fractal architecture is of interest both as an isolated concept and as an example of how knowledge is developed and exchanged between disciplines. The objectives of the present work are essentially epistemological; they are concerned with tracing and critiquing the way in which ideas shift between disciplines and the hybrid concepts that are formed in this process. The central thread traced through this work is fractal architecture and the primary knowledge domains in which it is investigated are architectural theory, design and mathematics. In the process of unravelling this thread, the present work seeks to answer the question of whether or not, from any perspective, fractal architecture is a useful or meaningful concept?

About the Author

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.