Volume 3, Number 1, 85-98, DOI: 10.1007/s00004-000-0007-0

Analysis and Synthesis in Architectural Designs: A Study in Symmetry

Jin-Ho Park

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Abstract

Jin-Ho Park describes and demonstrates methods of analysis and synthesis in architectural composition, based on the algebraic structure of the symmetry groups of a regular polygon. The Popenoe House by Rudolf Schindler is analyzed to show a unique application of symmetry operations with regard to the spatial organization. A similar geometric order and symmetric technique is applied to the generation of a new design.

Keywords.  Jin-Ho Park - plan symmetry - polygonal symmetry - square symmetry - architectural design theory - analysis - synthesis - Rudolph Schindler

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