Fractal Architecture of Hindu Temples and Parametric Form Generation in Contemporary Architecture PDF

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Fractal Architecture of Hindu Temples and Parametric Form Generation in Contemporary Architecture Kirti Trivedi Distinct visual characteristics of Hindu temples Form results from following mathematical procedures Overall Jaggedness Jaggedness extending through the whole body of the temple Surface-fi...

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Fractal Architecture of Hindu Temples and Parametric Form Generation in Contemporary Architecture

Kirti Trivedi

Distinct visual characteristics of Hindu temples

Form results from following mathematical procedures

Overall Jaggedness

Jaggedness extending through the whole body of the temple

Surface-filling density of details

Complexity through recursive procedures

Self-similarity

Shapes contain smaller replicas of themselves

The Form is a Symbolic representation of a Philosophy

The Universe is Self-Similar and Holonomic

Om, That is the Whole This is the Whole From Wholeness emerges Wholeness Wholeness coming from Wholeness Wholeness still remains

Whatever is here, that is there, What is there, the same is here. Kathopanishad 4.10

Antaryami Brahma Aham Brahmasmi The Pinda-Brahmanda concept of Microcosm-Macrocosm correspondence

The Phenomenon of Expanding Form There is nothing static, nothing abiding, but only a flow of a relentless process, with everything originating, growing, decaying, vanishing. This is one of the fundamental conceptions of this wholly dynamic view of life, of the individual and the cosmos. Stella Kramrisch

The Duality of Unity The Cosmic Phenomena evolves out of the Union of Two opposite and complimentary principles

Purusha Male Passive Matter Gross Right

Prakriti Female Active Energy Subtle Left

Evolution of Shri Yantra: a Sacred diagram

Temple as the Cosmic Egg: Brahmanda

The temple can be represented at many levels of evolution

Fractal Geometry Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles and barks are not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. Benoit Mandelbrot

Morphology of the ‘Amorphous’ The many patterns of nature are so irregular and fragmented, that, compared to Euclid – nature exhibits not simply a higher degree, but an altogether different level of complexity.

Fractals Invariance under Scaling Self-similarity Recursive Procedures Space-filling

Form generation through fractal processes

The form unfolds in time

Tending to fill the whole space given enough iterations

Complexity and growth as a result of geometrical algorithms

Visual complexity the result of algorithms

3 Dimensional Fractal landscapes

Temple Town of Palitana, Gujarat, India

Plan of Keshava Temple, Somnathpur

Keshava Temple, Somnathpur

Temple plan based on a structural diagram

From Simple to Complex

Growing Complexity in plans

Water reservoir, Sun Temple, Modhera

Fractal development of motifs

Increasing number of self-similar projections in various types of Shikharas

The Symbolism of the Circle and the Square

The Circle is All

Vastu is to be like Earth Yatha mahi tatha Vastu

Depicting a Circle using Square The basic assumption in making temples as models of the cosmos

In traditional Indian practice a circle is derived through successive faceting of a square

Various approaches to creating circularity

Manifestations of this World-view in Asian Temple Architecture

Borobudur, Indonesia

Borobudur, Indonesia

Shwedagon Stupa, Myanmar

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Fractal Architecture as a New Discipline

Recent renderings of architecture-like forms through fractal procedures

Recent renderings of architecture-like forms through fractal procedures

Actual temples built centuries ago

Recent renderings of architecture-like forms through fractal procedures

Actual temples built centuries ago

Recent renderings of architecture-like forms through fractal procedures

Renderings looking like architectural forms

Architectural Visualizations by Tom Beddard

Ornamented columns by Michael Hansmeyer

Columns in Ranakpur temple, Rajasthan, 15th Century AD

Ceiling from Ranakpur Temple, Rajasthan, 15th Century AD

Ceiling from Vimala Vasahi, Dilwada temple, Mt Abu, 13th Century AD

Lideta Mercato, Addis Ababa by XavierVilalta

Orient Station, Lisbon

Sky Habitat by Moshe Safdie

Going back in time to see the future

Fractal Architecture of Hindu Temples

Architectural creation using algorithms of the cosmic construction, following the laws of Vishwa-karma: the Maker of the Universe...