Its initial products have been kits and kites, and a ministructure large enough for kids to crawl through, the "Curved Space Labyrinth," a saddle polyhedra system made of transparent plastic. Adult-sized structures, and indeed megastructures, based on these principles can be realized as soon as entrepreneurs emerge whose vision is commensurate with that of Peter Pearce.
No current Talk conversations about this book. No reviews. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. References to this work on external resources. The structural designs that occur in nature—in molecules, in crystals, in living cells, in galaxies—is the proper source of inspiration, Peter Pearce affirms, for the design of man-made structures.
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June Share Share Share email. Authors Peter Pearce. An upright tree; it bears its branches and these, in turn, their twigs, and these, in turn, the leaves. While designing the Sagrada Familia, in order to evolve a structure in equilibrium, Gaudi designed catenary cord models with weights that transformed the hanging curves into funicular polygonal elements from which the masons took measurements. Photo courtesy of Suzie. First published in by MIT Press, this book explores the relations between elements of natural structures as well as how to use the same principles in real structures.
Pearce is founder of several entreprises, that created successfully projects following the design strategy presented in the book. Unlike Amazon, the commerce is not the primary activity of the institute. Maybe the employees handling the orders are members of the organization. Question 1: Who is the most important contemporary architect?
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