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THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
THE EIFFEL TOWER
1. HISTORY
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SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
GEOMETRY:
GEOMETRY:
- The shells of the competition entry were originally of undefined geometry, but early in the design process, the "shells" were perceived as a series of parabolas supported by precast concrete ribs
- engineers Ove Arup and Partners were unable to find an acceptable solution to constructing them. The formwork for using in-situ concrete would have been prohibitively expensive, and, because there was no repetition in any of the roof forms, the construction of precast concrete for each individual section would possibly have been even more expensive.
This building allegedly relies on its golden mean
- Danish architect Jørn Utzon won the 1957 world-wide design competition for the Sydney Opera House. His simple but mesmerizing sketch proved inscrutable for six years to the team from the world’s foremost engineering firm charged with structural design.
- Its task was to find a repeatable form that would allow Utzon's design to be constructed in a cost-effective manner. Mathematics and nature helped them to solve the problem. The architecture-engineering team tried numerous designs using geometric shapes.
- They considered more than twelve iterations including parabolas and ellipsoids in their search for a common mathematical denominator that would describe the three-dimensional curves of the building’s distinctive sails.
- Then, as the story goes, during a lunchroom conversation the team observed how nature forms a simple geometric shape from segments of an orange.
- It is a graceful piece of urban sculpture in patterned tiles, glistening in the sunlight and invitingly aglow at night.
- The Sydney Opera House opened the way for the immensely complex geometries of some modern architecture. The design was one of the first examples of the use of computer-aided design to design complex shapes.
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CONCLUSION AND COMPARISON
CONCLUSION:
All the examples of the world famous structures have convinced us enough that maths is indeed an integral part of architecture. Right from the foundation till the top, maths is required. The looks, durability, style are all results of mathematical calculations by the building masterminds. It is maths that structures such as Taj Mahal have acquired the status of Modern wonder of the world. Without mathematical calculations, all the architectural structures would become mere bricks and concrete. All their beauty would vanish.The places would all look sloppy. Perfect height, width, and dimensions make a building stand out. It is due to such mathematical superiority that one building looks better than the other.
COMPARISON:
Different people have different perspective and methods of work. It is evident that if several groups are given the same topic then, there are bound to be similarities and differences in their work.
COMPARISON:
WEERT:
SIMILARITIES:
- They did research on more than one structure that inspired them and so did we.
- They too found out practical mathematical derivation.
- their research was presented in a powerpoint offline format while we used different streams available.
- They inclined a bit to physics and engineering which is quite impressive.
AHLCON:
SIMILARITIES:
- Like us, they too did research on a world famous structure.
- They too found out actual mathematics behind that structure
- They chose to go with 1 structure while we did several
- They extracted core information while we chose to go with the important aspects.
BAKEN PARK 1:
SIMILARITIES:
- They did research on an intimidating structure.
- Their structure is inspired by nature an so are a couple of structures we did research on.
- They chose a local structure and did research on it while we chose structures from around the globe.
- Their project was 'short but sweet' while ours was a bit lengthy
REFLECTION
We were all pretty excited about this project and believed it was going to be fun. We were not disappointed at all by the way things turned out. Doing research with our group of friends was so much fun. This was indeed a learning process as we uncovered so much information and shook the rust off our creativity. We enjoyed each and every step of this project and made sure this year is forever etched in our memory.