Deriving the nature of information transfer between Physics and architectural theory (Also available on CD)
Thathapuzha, Sanal
Deriving the nature of information transfer between Physics and architectural theory (Also available on CD) - 2004 - v,63p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS Cover Page Certificate of Approval- i Acknowledgments..- ..iii Title Page- ..01 Basic Argument - Introduction - Premise - Aims and Objectives -Structure - Procedure ..- 02 - 08 PART I - The Beginnings- 09 1 From Animal to Man: from Instinct to Cultural Behavior Evolution of the toolmaking material culture of Homo sapiens..11 Architecture of the Early Civilizations: 2 The orthogonal space conception ,practical geometry and the observations of the rhythmic patterns of solar and astral movements as the basis of Ancient Egyptian Architecture- ..16 3 Indus Valley Civilization and origins of Ancient Indian Architecture: MANDALA Architecture as a model of the Cosmos20 Part II - Architecture since of the age of Reason From Renaissance to modernism..29 4 Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle and Pythagoras - Vitruvious, Leonardo da Vinci - Renaissance Architectural Theory and the Centrally planned churches by Alberti, Palladio and Leonardo da Vinci.31 Pioneers of Modern Architecture: 5 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTS ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE The holistic idea in the generic principle of the physical world36 6 SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, EXPERIMENT - THE ENGINEERS AESTHETIC - CUBISM - ARCHITECTURE of Le Corbusier40 Part III - Case Studies 7 The Ancient Roman Temple for all gods, the Pantheon as an image of the universe- 46 8 The Villa Savoye as an embodiment of Duality ..49 Conclusion- 54 Inferences- 57 Illustration Credits.- 59 References and Bibliograpy- ..61
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Deriving the nature of information transfer between Physics and architectural theory (Also available on CD) - 2004 - v,63p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS Cover Page Certificate of Approval- i Acknowledgments..- ..iii Title Page- ..01 Basic Argument - Introduction - Premise - Aims and Objectives -Structure - Procedure ..- 02 - 08 PART I - The Beginnings- 09 1 From Animal to Man: from Instinct to Cultural Behavior Evolution of the toolmaking material culture of Homo sapiens..11 Architecture of the Early Civilizations: 2 The orthogonal space conception ,practical geometry and the observations of the rhythmic patterns of solar and astral movements as the basis of Ancient Egyptian Architecture- ..16 3 Indus Valley Civilization and origins of Ancient Indian Architecture: MANDALA Architecture as a model of the Cosmos20 Part II - Architecture since of the age of Reason From Renaissance to modernism..29 4 Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle and Pythagoras - Vitruvious, Leonardo da Vinci - Renaissance Architectural Theory and the Centrally planned churches by Alberti, Palladio and Leonardo da Vinci.31 Pioneers of Modern Architecture: 5 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTS ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE The holistic idea in the generic principle of the physical world36 6 SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, EXPERIMENT - THE ENGINEERS AESTHETIC - CUBISM - ARCHITECTURE of Le Corbusier40 Part III - Case Studies 7 The Ancient Roman Temple for all gods, the Pantheon as an image of the universe- 46 8 The Villa Savoye as an embodiment of Duality ..49 Conclusion- 54 Inferences- 57 Illustration Credits.- 59 References and Bibliograpy- ..61
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