Systems of Proportion in Design and Architecture and their Relationship to Dynamical Systems Theory

Year: 1999 Authors: Jay Kappraff

Core claim

Root 3 proportion systems form a distinct geometric and number-theoretic design framework that connects architecture, plane symmetries, and chaos-theoretic symbolic dynamics.

Topics

systems of proportion, star polygons, symbolic dynamics, dynamic symmetry, architectural geometry

Domains

geometry, number theory, dynamical systems, symbolic dynamics, symmetry groups, architecture, design, proportion theory

Methods

geometric analysis, ratio comparison, polygon construction, rectangle dissection, historical interpretation

Media

star polygons, rectangles, logarithmic spiral, architectural Rotunda, Figures 1-4

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