Robotic Technologies for Non-Standard Design and Construction in ArchitectureNexus Network Journal - Tập 19 - Trang 73-83 - 2016
José Pedro Sousa
In November 2015, the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto and the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science concluded a 2-year research project on the use of robotic fabrication technologies in architecture and building construction. Funded by the national Foundation of Science and Technology, this was a unique and vibrant experience on a new research fi...... hiện toàn bộ
A Hexagonal Pattern in the Paraninfo at the Universidad de AlcaláNexus Network Journal - Tập 25 Số 1 - Trang 167-185 - 2023
Manuel de Miguel Sánchez, Carlos Gonzalez Duque, Pilar Chías Navarro, Tomás Abad
AbstractIn the sixteenth century, the assembly hall, or Paraninfo, at the recently inaugurated Universidad de Alcalá was known as the pieça del theatro. This study focuses on the layouts and proportions designed for this hall, which could be the key to understanding the whole project as a Renaissance theater tha...... hiện toàn bộ
A Zen Master, a Zen Monk, a Zen MathematicianNexus Network Journal - - 2018
Sandra Lucente, Antonio Macchia
Inspired by the Ryōan-ji garden in Kyoto, we formulate and solve some problems on the arrangement of two sets of points in the plane. We imagine a Zen Master and a Zen Monk that want to create a dry garden: they will discover the importance of convexity and collinearity, as well as incidence and betweenness. We present these problems with a didactic exposition and we suggest some generalizations w...... hiện toàn bộ
Solving Ertha Diggs’s Ancient Stone Arch MysteryNexus Network Journal - Tập 8 - Trang 73-78 - 2006
Michael Serra
According to legend, when the Romans made an arch, they would make the architect stand under it while the wooden support was removed. That was one way to be sure that architects carefully designed arches that wouldn’t fall! Educator Michael Serra led AAAS symposium participants in a surprising and fun hands-on arch construction project using familiar objects—Chinese take-out cartons—in an unfamili...... hiện toàn bộ
Computational Organicism: Examining Evolutionary Design Strategies in ArchitectureNexus Network Journal - Tập 12 - Trang 485-495 - 2010
Brian Holland
The diverse forms of nature, in particular and biological forms, have long been a preoccupation of the architect. As a special category of natural form, biological organisms exhibit extraordinary levels of design adaptability across multiple generations based upon the inherent ‘intelligence’ of the evolutionary mechanism. Evolutionary design theory in architecture seeks to harness this generative ...... hiện toàn bộ