Just because generative algorithms have dominated much of the theoretical teachings in architecture these days, doesn't mean that this is a new concept...
in fact, a mathematician at Harvard has just published (as reported in the NYtimes) a study showing that medieval Islamic architecture utilizes the very complex math of crystals to generate architectural motifs...
Sorry generative folks, what you're doing is really nothing new.
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agreed.
genesis
true, true.
generative design is so 13th century...
I have to throw the gauntlet with barry here...more soon...I know I say this, but...soon...
life is terrible without time to think...properly
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