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Lecture 9.21.10 Mathematics and Geometry
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Golden ratio, Fibonacci sequence, golden spiral: the reasoning behind the use of mathematics and geometry as a basis for the development of form.
Pyramids, Giza
Designs for Chaux (Claude Ledoux)
Stockholm Library, Sweden (Gunnar Asplund)
Guggenheim, New York (Frank Lloyd Wright)
US Pavilion at Expo, Montreal (Buckminster Fuller)
Peter Eisenman Houses
Dacca Capitol Buildings, Bangladesh (Louis Kahn)
Zollverein School of Design, Germany (Kazuyo Sejima)
*Audio file is taken from the Mathematics and Geometry lecture from Spring 2010.
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Architect: Buckminster Fuller, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gunnar Asplund, Kazuyo Sejima, Louis I Kahn, Peter Eisenman
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