Building by Numbers

Synopsis: Looks at the use of mathematics by architects Palladio, Le Corbusier and Bernard Tschumi. Palladio’s 16th-century Italian buildings reflect his belief in the perfection of nature as epitomised by geometry and number. Le Corbusier, born Charles Edouard Jeanneret, with a similar belief in the mathematical rationale underlying beauty, produced very different buildings - parhaps related to his attitude to space and the body. Tschumi’s Parc de la Villette in Paris, with its harsh intersecting grid lines giving rise to red metal follies amidst green foliage, is no longar the park of nature, but our understanding of the mathematics of nature may have changed with the new mathematics incorporating chaos theory.
Series: Open Mathematics, Course Mu120
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Out of distribution
Subjects: Architecture; Mathematics
Keywords: architectural design; Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965); Palladio; Tschumi, Bernard

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Carmen Jackson Pryce
Huw Wheldon

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