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Show THE ARCHITECTURAL MODEL People often have regarded Euclidian geometry as descriptive of the physical world; but it seems difficult to believe that the world can be built of points, for if points have no extension, then even infinitely many points are not enough to makeup a volume of space. Stephen Barker (5 ) Having looked at the spacial facts of architectural history let's ask the architect what his spacial model is. What do buildings look like. What pattern underlies the essence the plan of the building. \ -. < / m 1 i 1 j / I l&iHT ui1 wfc n, RE the architectural model Euclid the Greek mathematician gave architects their hidden subconscious model. Euclid's definitions in paraphrase read like this: * A plane (wall) is a series of lines lying next to each other. * A line is a series of points lying next to each other. * A point is that which has no part. (6) The Egyptians were using geometry long before Greek culture arrived. Euclid simply formulated into a logical system the same -19- |
