2012年1月17日在臺大圖書館偶遇許多書，有幾本是印象比較深刻的。
第一次碰到贈書簽署者為「讀者」；某本1930年代《英國姓氏史考》……台灣的政府單位印刷品和私人印書等很精美：新式幸福風：時尚酩品美學 / 劉其偉傳奇百年……
碰到Architectural Geometry (The Bentley Institute Press)一書，有些感慨。這要從陳其寬老師說的，東海路思義教堂的設計故事說起：貝聿明先生到成大演講之後，回東海說，成大的師生建議，東海教堂的設計應該更有創新…..陳其寬當時知道雙曲面的牆面設計最先進……於是，有今天的這一「形」。它建成之後，50年過去了，西方這領域的進步更是神速，更拜電腦科技的進步，所謂後現代的「形形色色」，更是新境界紛陳。總之，他們的設計真的是邁向「真善美」的綜合，科學與藝術兼顧。
Latest Generative Design Book Available Now - Form Geometry Structure
The Bentley Institute Press new release, Form Geometry Structure: From Nature to Design by Daniela Bertol, introduces a scientific framework for the exploration of forms in nature and design. The book probes how the natural world can provide great inspiration to the design of the man-made world by using Bentley’s GenerativeComponents to create parametric forms.
Form Geometry Structure focuses on the geometry present in every aspect of nature. Waves, clouds, leaves, seashells, and all other forms found in our physical environment follow some geometrical configuration. By understanding those forms, and the natural construction of them, architects and designers can choose the proper materials for their own works. This book looks at the underlying geometry of specific natural structures and recreates them as a digital model. Author Bertol highlights one of the forms in an excerpt from a recent blog post:
“Of the many shapes explored, I found the nautilus shell one of the most intriguing and valuable for design applications. The nautilus has a bone structure externalized in a shell, which is divided into chambers and delineated by septa. The nautilus grows and creates a new larger camera, where it moves its body and seals the previous smaller chamber with a septum. The shell shape is based on a logarithmic spiral, a geometrical configuration which remains unchanged at any scale of growth. Inspired by the nautilus for the design of a large span structure, I recreated a parametric associative model of the shell in Bentley GenerativeComponents. The digital model, although visually and formally complex, was fairly easy to generate thanks to the associative parametric software, which allowed many explorations to finally achieve the appropriate proportion and thickness of the structural ribs.”
Form Geometry Structure is beautifully illustrated and rigorously researched. While the relationship between geometry, and forces and form in nature has been explored for millennia, this book bridges the gap between art and science bringing to contemporary terms the tradition of the treatises on art and architecture.
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