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The Nexus Network Journal volume 3, no.
1 (Winter-Spring 2001) contains articles on architecture
and mathematics that present the subject in the
widest possible panorama. Articles printed here
appeared on the Internet in 2 quarterly issues
during calendar year 2001. Like the Nexus conferences
and the Nexus series of books, the NNJ is
interdisciplinary and multicultural. The issues
explored in this present volume are proportion,
symbolism, geometry, modularity, shape; the cultures
discussed include the North American, South American,
French, Italian and Norwegian; the authors are
art historians, engineers, mathematicians and
architects.
CONTENTS
KIM WILLIAMS. Letter from the Editor.
VIEWPOINT
Costantino Caciagli. On Precision in Architecture
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Alessandra Capanna. Iannis Xenakis: Architect
Of Light And Sound
J.V. Martin Zorraquino, F. Granero Rodriguez,
J.L. Cano Martin. Applications Of A New Property
Of Conics To Architecture: An Alternative Design
Project For Rio De Janeiro Metropolitan Cathedral
Dag Nilsen. The Squaring Of The Circle
In Two Early Norwegian Cathedrals
Michael J. Ostwald. "Fractal Architecture":
Late Twentieth-Century Connections Between Architecture
And Fractal Geometry
Jin-Ho Park. Analysis And Synthesis In
Architectural Designs: A Study In Symmetry
Nikos Salingaros And Déborah Tejada. Modularity
And The Number Of Design Choices
THE GEOMETER'S ANGLE
Mark A. Reynolds. Introduction to the Art
and Science of Geometric Analysis
DIDACTICS
Daniela
Gentilin and Ennio Bettanello. About
Piero Matematico (CD)
Orietta
Pedemonte. Review
of Piero Matematico (CD)
Orietta
Pedemonte. Mathematics
for Architecture: Some European Experiences
BOOK REVIEWS
Paul Calter and Kim Williams. The Sun
in the Church by J.L. Heilbron
Steven Fleming and Michael J. Ostwald. Le
Corbusier: Paris-Chandigarh by Klaus Peter
Gast
Michael J. Ostwald. The Modulor and
Modulor 2 by Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard
Jeanneret)
Maurizio Vianello. Le Corbusier: Padiglione
Philips, Bruxelles by Alessandra Capanna
CONFERENCE REPORTS
Liliana Curcio. Nexus 2000: Architecture
and Mathematics
Reza Sarhangi. Bridges 2000
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