<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>After a long period of one-way consumerist attitude toward nature, there have been some alternate perspectives on the systemic relationship between humans and nature, which have been again brought up during the past few decades. Since the late twentieth century, fractal architecture has been one of the most important themes discussed in architecture and it is based on the chaos and complexity theories. Critics often criticize this architecture due to its lack of architectural values, practicality, and attention to economy, culture, and history. The current study aims to clarify the scientific theories that are the theoretical foundations of this approach in contemporary architecture. By categorizing the practical examples of this architectural approach, they are analyzed in terms of their relationship with nature using the logical reasoning method to achieve a favorable architecture. In fact, the gap between this architecture and nature’s behavior is shown.</p></abstract>

After a long period of one-way consumerist attitude toward nature, there have been some alternate perspectives on the systemic relationship between humans and nature, which have been again brought up during the past few decades. Since the late twentieth century, fractal architecture has been one of the most important themes discussed in architecture and it is based on the chaos and complexity theories. Critics often criticize this architecture due to its lack of architectural values, practicality, and attention to economy, culture, and history. The current study aims to clarify the scientific theories that are the theoretical foundations of this approach in contemporary architecture. By categorizing the practical examples of this architectural approach, they are analyzed in terms of their relationship with nature using the logical reasoning method to achieve a favorable architecture. In fact, the gap between this architecture and nature’s behavior is shown.

Recognition of the role of nature in the formation of fractal architecture

Babol Noshirvani University of Technology

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

{"article-title":"Recognition of the role of nature in the formation of fractal architecture"}

After a long period of one-way consumerist attitude toward nature, there have been some alternate perspectives on the systemic relationship between humans and...

Recognition of the role of nature in the formation of fractal architecture

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 08, 2017

Page range: 1574 - 1583

Received: Jan 15, 2017

Accepted: May 20, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/otmcj-2016-0020

Keywords
chaos theory, fractal architecture, form, geometry, nature

© 2017 Seyedeh Somayeh Mirmoradi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Recognition of the role of nature in the formation of fractal architecture

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 08, 2017

Page range: 1574 - 1583

Received: Jan 15, 2017

Accepted: May 20, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/otmcj-2016-0020

Keywordschaos theory, fractal architecture, form, geometry, nature

© 2017 Seyedeh Somayeh Mirmoradi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
chaos theory, fractal architecture, form, geometry, nature