Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Influtential Architecture (Continued)





Yorkshire Renaissance Pavillion
(http://vanguarq.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/yorkshire-renaissance-pavilion-by-various-architects/#more-425)

The project is an attraction in itself with a striking exterior in the form of inflatable tubes arranged in the atomic structure of diamonds. The 20 x 26 x 10 meter diamond grid volume is mined out to form a cavernous interior space reminiscent of the coal mines of Yorkshire. Light and air shafts pierce the structure providing natural light and ventilation. At night the translucent shafts and outer skin radiate light in all colors and directions like a diamond twinkling in the sunlight.

Research: Fractal Geometry





Measure, Topology, and Fractal Geometry, Gerald A. Edgar. J.H Ewing, F.W. Gehring and P.R. Halmos, Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990.




The Fractal Geometry of Nature, Benoit B. Mandelbrot. International Business Machines, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1977.

Influential Architecture

The Cube
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Ken Shuttlesworth

Hotel Sofitel Tokyo
Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kiyonori Kikutake

The Dancing House
Prague, Czech Republic
Frank Gehry