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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Geometric shapes that could be turned into buildings
Date: 19 Oct 2009 05:30:51
Message: <4adc31cb$1@news.povray.org>
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SharkD schrieb:
> I remember seeing something like this, but it wasn't a hypercube, rather
> a model of an atom. And it was built for one of the World Fairs in the
> 50's-60's or somewhere around then.
Not an atom, but atoms in a crystal lattice (allegedly iron; ironically,
the building was clad in Aluminum until 2004).
Expo '58, the "Atomium"; one of the architectural symbols of Belgium.
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SharkD wrote:
> I was wondering, what kind of interesting geometric shapes (solids,
> surfaces, etc.) have been or could be converted into buildings?
Actually, if you like crazy geometry, you could do worse than to wonder
around the inside of a Gothic cathedral...
http://www.elycathedral.org/media_centre/gallery/
http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/gallery.php
http://www.bristol-cathedral.co.uk/index.php?id=18
http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/gallery/LibraryandArchive.ashx
http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/index.php?page=gallery
http://www.sphericalimages.com/hereford_cathedral_virtual_tour/
http://www.cathedral.org.uk/historyheritage/architecture-the-cathedral.aspx
http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/phppage/gallery
http://www.rochestercathedral.org/virtual-tour/index.asp
http://www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk/photos/index.htm
Some of the geometric constructions these people came up with are pretty
amazing. (Not to mention the "minor detail" that as you stand in a
cathedral, there are many trillions of tonnes of stone, hundreds of feet
above your head, and it was all liften up there by people's bare hands...)
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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Geometric shapes that could be turned into buildings
Date: 19 Oct 2009 05:37:51
Message: <4adc336f$1@news.povray.org>
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Invisible schrieb:
> I saw a building somewhere which was a working office block, but in the
> shape of a hypercube. (Or rather, a 3D projection of one; a true
> hypercube is obviously 4D.) As I say, I can't find any reference to it
> now...
This one?
http://spacelab.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/food_container_remixed/
Googling for such stuff appears problematic: "hypercube architecture"
obviously leads to totally different stuff...
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Geometric shapes that could be turned into buildings
Date: 19 Oct 2009 05:44:56
Message: <4adc3518@news.povray.org>
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>> I saw a building somewhere which was a working office block, but in
>> the shape of a hypercube. (Or rather, a 3D projection of one; a true
>> hypercube is obviously 4D.) As I say, I can't find any reference to it
>> now...
>
> This one?
>
> http://spacelab.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/food_container_remixed/
Doesn't appear to be. This thing was many stories high.
> Googling for such stuff appears problematic: "hypercube architecture"
> obviously leads to totally different stuff...
And "hypercube building" tells you how to make a paper hypercube (or
construct one mathematically).
It's almost as Google-proof as "./" ;-)
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Actually, if you like crazy geometry, you could do worse than to wonder
> around the inside of a Gothic cathedral...
Some cathedrals sure are spectacular piles of stone. I walked up one of the
towers on Cologne cathedral a couple of years ago - I can't believe people used
to do it without all the extra safety-oriented metalwork recent construction
engineers have put in. It was like mountaineering!
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>> Actually, if you like crazy geometry, you could do worse than to wonder
>> around the inside of a Gothic cathedral...
>
> Some cathedrals sure are spectacular piles of stone. I walked up one of the
> towers on Cologne cathedral a couple of years ago - I can't believe people used
> to do it without all the extra safety-oriented metalwork recent construction
> engineers have put in. It was like mountaineering!
Cathedrals used to occasionally collapse back then too. ;-)
Some of these places I stand there and stare at the intricate geometry
and wonder how the hell people *thought* of this stuff. Then again, if
you spend 300 years building one structure, involving a team of hundreds
of people, I guess you have time to think these things through. (Still,
if *I* did this, the building would end up as a mess of cool parts that
don't actually fit together properly...)
And then there's the stone carvings. Don't get me started on the stone
carvings...
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From: Michael Zier
Subject: Re: Geometric shapes that could be turned into buildings
Date: 19 Oct 2009 07:02:25
Message: <4ADC4822.80500@mirizi.de>
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Invisible wrote:
>>> I saw a building somewhere which was a working office block, but in
>>> the shape of a hypercube. (Or rather, a 3D projection of one; a true
>>> hypercube is obviously 4D.) As I say, I can't find any reference to
>>> it now...
>>
>> This one?
>>
>> http://spacelab.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/food_container_remixed/
>
> Doesn't appear to be. This thing was many stories high.
>
>> Googling for such stuff appears problematic: "hypercube architecture"
>> obviously leads to totally different stuff...
>
> And "hypercube building" tells you how to make a paper hypercube (or
> construct one mathematically).
>
> It's almost as Google-proof as "./" ;-)
You mean "Grande Arche" in Paris.
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Geometric shapes that could be turned into buildings
Date: 19 Oct 2009 07:07:52
Message: <4adc4888$1@news.povray.org>
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>> It's almost as Google-proof as "./" ;-)
>
> You mean "Grande Arche" in Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Arche
Why yes, yes I do...
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On 10/19/2009 5:31 AM, Invisible wrote:
> SharkD wrote:
>> I was wondering, what kind of interesting geometric shapes (solids,
>> surfaces, etc.) have been or could be converted into buildings?
>
> Actually, if you like crazy geometry, you could do worse than to wonder
> around the inside of a Gothic cathedral...
I visited Mont Saint-Michel as a kid, and was amazed not so much by any
single architectural aspect, but more by the implausibility of the
entire scene, including surrounding town.
Mike
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Actually, if you like crazy geometry, you could do worse than to wonder
>> around the inside of a Gothic cathedral...
>
> Some cathedrals sure are spectacular piles of stone. I walked up one of the
> towers on Cologne cathedral a couple of years ago - I can't believe people used
> to do it without all the extra safety-oriented metalwork recent construction
> engineers have put in. It was like mountaineering!
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia
That is all I'll say
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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