<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

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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

Publicado en línea: 08 sept 2017

Páginas: 1574 - 1583

Recibido: 15 ene 2017

Aceptado: 20 may 2017

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

Palabras clave
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

Publicado en línea: 08 sept 2017

Páginas: 1574 - 1583

Recibido: 15 ene 2017

Aceptado: 20 may 2017

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

Palabras clavechaos 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.

Palabras clave
chaos theory, fractal architecture, form, geometry, nature