Edouard Din

This work proposes the use of partial order lattices along with representational schemes to account for patterns of ambiguity and emergence in the description of designs. The complexity of such designs is viewed as an aggregation of spatial layers that can all be decomposed by the subgroup relations of the symmetry of the configuration. At the end, this methodology points to a combinatorial approach that generates visual prototypes for future use in design synthesis. Here, Meier's work is just a case study that validates the group theoretical approach.

Keywords: habitation ; logement individuel groupe Note: Cote: 1975.010Archive: MEM.1/3A4 vertical manquant, MEM.2/3A4 vertical manquant, MEM.3/3A4 vertical manquant, DES1.0/24dias Reference SAR-STUDENT-1975-014 Record created on 2008-09-19, modified on 2016-08-08

This work proposes the use of partial order lattices along with represent-ational schemes to account for patterns of ambiguity and emergence in the description of designs. The complexity of such designs is viewed as an aggregation of spatial layers that can all be decomposed by the subgroup relations of the symmetry of the configuration. At the end, this methodology points to a combinatorial approach that generates visual prototypes for future use in design synthesis. Here, Meier’s work is just a case study that validates the group theoretical approach.

... EMERGENT SYMMETRIES: A Group Theoretic Analysis of an Exemplar of Late Modernism: the Smith House by Richard Meier A Thesis Presented to The Academic Faculty By Edouard Denis Din In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctoral of Philosophy in ...

A group theoretical decomposition of one of the major canons of architectural production in the twentieth century, the Smith House by Richard Meier. This paper briefly traces the history and logic of the abstracted formal vocabulary of the early white Meier houses and focuses on the Smith House as the generator of the language. The formal theory for the generative specification of the language of the house is based on group theory.

A group theoretical decomposition of one of the major canons of architectural production in the twentieth century, the Smith House by Richard Meier. This paper briefly traces the history and logic of the abstracted formal vocabulary of the early white Meier houses and focuses on the Smith House as the generator of the language. The formal theory for the generative specification of the language of the house is based on group theory.