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Shape as memory : a geometric theory of architecture / Michael Leyton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leyton, Michael.
- Series:
- IT revolution in architecture.
- IT revolution in architecture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geometry in architecture.
- Architectural design--Data processing.
- Architectural design.
- Shape theory (Topology).
- Memory (Philosophy).
- Symmetry (Art).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (93 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel, Switzerland ; Boston : Birkhauser - Publishers for Architecture, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do buildings store information and experience in their shape and form? Michael Leyton has attracted considerable attention with his interpretation of geometrical form as a medium for the storage of information and memory. In this publication he draws specific conclusions for the field of architecture and construction, attaching fundamental importance to the complex relationship between symmetry and asymmetry.
- Contents:
- History
- Geometry and Memory
- A Process-Grammar for Shape
- Architecture as Maximal Memory Storage
- Architecture and Computation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-13395-7
- 9786611133955
- 3-7643-7812-3
- OCLC:
- 262690961
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