Abstract
Design Year: 2008
Institute: New Jersey Institute of Technology
Responsibilities: Student Project
Primary Applications Used: n/a
“As a first year Architecture student, one of the primary focuses were to broaden our analytical senses.”
Summary of Work: The concept of this abstract piece was to analyze famous mathematical sequences and translate that into Architecture. I chose the Fibonacci Series, where each number was the sum of the previous two numbers. 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34, and so on.
Utilizing these numbers, (stopping at 21), I create combinations of masses to then be combined, using square dimensions of the first number and giving it the depth of the mirrored number. A 1x1x21, a 1x1x13, a 2x2x8, a 3x3x5, a 5x5x3, and so on…
“I often found myself looking at this piece and imagining what it would look like as a building. Perhaps one day, I will make a concept based off of these masses…”
“One of my favorite things to do has always been to create something out of nothing; or something out of a simple idea. I personally have always found number-play to be intriguing…”
The Fibonacci Series is also related to the ‘Golden Rectangle’, as the sequence of numbers define the radius of each quadrant of the neverending spiral that connects each corner of the Golden Rectangle.
