On a separate note, I heard that a member of the architectural academia said “forget biomimicry, it doesn’t work.”įirstly, I’m pretty sure Frei Otto would be rolling over in his grave. However, I believe that this post really sheds light on how these kinds of studies may directly influence and enhance our understanding (and perhaps even the future) of our built environment. In fact I know a few people who think studying fractals is pointless.Īdmittedly I often struggle to explain to people what fractals are, let alone how they can influence the way buildings look. Regarding my previous entries, it can be difficult to see how any of this has to do with architecture. While it’s not important to have read either of those posts to follow this one, I do think it adds a certain level of depth and continuity. This post is the third installment of sort of trilogy, after Shapes, Fractals, Time & the Dimensions they Belong to, and Developing Space-Filling Fractals. Author Nick Leung Posted on OctoJanuCategories 2D, Biology, Continued Fractions, digital, ds10, Fibbonacci, Fifth Year Students, Fractions, Grasshopper, Growth, Infinite Fractions, Irrational Numbers, Mathematical Constants, mathematics, Nature, Nick Leung, parametric, Pattern, Phi, Pi, Rational Numbers, Series, Spiral, system, System, systems, The Golden Ratio, theory, Uncategorized, voronoi Tags Bernstein's constant, Biology, constants, Conways's Constant, Euler, fibonacci, flower, Geometry, Grasshopper, growth, irrational, Kiswanath's constant, math, mathematics, natural, natural system, Natural Systems, Nature, numbers, Pattern, patterns, Patterns in Nature, Phi, phyllotaxis, Pi, plants, radial, rational, the plastic constant, the silver ratio, Theodorus' constant 3 Comments on Plants, Math, Spirals, & the Value of the Golden Ratio The Nature of Gridshell Form Finding Escher said that we adore chaos because we love to produce order. Alain Badiou also said that mathematics is a rigorous aesthetic it tells us nothing of real being, but forges a fiction of intelligible consistency.