Abstract

Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 31, Number 3, pages 229-229 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2020_3_229

GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE: PARAMETRICISM, MORPHOLOGY, DESIGN METHODOLOGY

Vilmos Katona

Abstract: Architecture has its roots in geometry, which is drawn etymologically from “earth measuring”. Geometry was originally used for drawing ground plans in order to create bases for buildings. The Pythagorean theorem furnished us with a practical way to employ the right angle, the quintessence of architecture. However, despite its benefits during planning and construction, geometry, as an independent discipline, has its own rules and possibilities that facilitate morphologies free from the ties of gravity and matter. Starting from Platonic and Archimedean solids, architecture has been applying many of the free forms of a “celestial” geometry in order to reconnect them to the physical level.