Date of Graduation

5-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Architecture

Degree Level

Undergraduate

Department

Architecture

Advisor/Mentor

Messadi, Tahar

Committee Member

Harriss, Edmund O.

Second Committee Member

Folan, John Enda

Third Committee Member

Veloso, Pedro Luis Alves

Abstract

This study focuses on geometric formalism in three major monuments across different architectural eras in time. The use of three distinct geometric principles to outline the use of pure or manufactured shapes and figures helps to discover and isolate an aesthetic component of architecture within which it is contained. A collection of studies are implemented and are focused on orthographic drawings from each monument in horizontality and verticality, consisting of a dual set of overlay and interpretative drawings for each type of orthographic representation for each monument. A discussion follows and highlights the changes or similarities over time the role that geometry and its principles play in architecture aesthetics. These monuments will then be given a score of Aesthetic Measure using a variation of George Birkhoff’s formula. The buildings’ scores will be a mixture of the order of the organization of the plan and section/elevation and how well the monument is laid out, in tandem with the plan and section. These buildings will then be inversely related by their complexity of geometry and/or hierarchy of spaces, resulting in a score that can range logarithmically from negative to neutral to positive, or more plainly between 0 and 1, to 1, to greater than 1.

Keywords

Architecture; Design; Geometry; Aesthetics

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