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Lesson 5-3

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Unit Five: Architecture

 

Lesson 5-3: Floor Plans and Tilings

 

 

Objectives: 

  1. to learn of historic methods of architectural design in relation to the floor plan and the floor tiling. 
  2. to analyze the floor plans of famous structures
  3. to create floor tilings of various styles.

  Activity #39: Read and Discuss 

 

  • "Chapter 4 - Ad Quadratum and the Sacred Cut" from the text Squaring the Circle by Paul Calter. 
    • Read the section entitled "Architectural Proportions Based On the Square and the Rectangle", pages 110-120.
  • "Chapter 5 - Polygons, Tilings, and Sacred Geometry" from the text Squaring the Circle by Paul Calter. 
    • Read the section entitled "Tilings with Polygons", pages 153-160.  
  • Share your thoughts on the topic below.

 

 

 

 

 

Discussion:

 

On pages 119-120 of the reading, several quotes are given from Jung, Wittkower, Alberti, and Palladio on the topic of the overall shape of a church. The author, Paul Calter, even weighs in with three possible reasons why one shape is more prevalent. If you were chosen as the architect of a major cathedral, what overall shape (floor plan) would you choose and why? Feel free to include any other comments about this weeks reading.

 

 

 

 

  Activity #40: Floor Plans 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partheon - 4 views

 

Rubric:

 

  Activity #41: Floor Tilings 

 

There are 4 tilings to be created in this activity. Tilings 1, 2, and 3 are separate sketchpad files to be downloaded. Tiling 4 is a separate web page that uses GeoGebra. Each has a corresponding video. Links to the videos are on the sketchpad files, on the sketchpad wiki page, and found below.

 

  1. Regular Tiling 
  2. Penrose Tiling P2 
  3. Penrose Tiling P3
  4. Girih Tiling
Upload a picture of each tiling (4 pics total). There is no need for you to upload your sketchpad file.

 

 

 

Administrative building floor tiling at St. Joseph's Villa, Richmond, VA.

 

 

An archway in the Sultan's Lodge in the Green Mosque in Bursa, Turkey from 1424.

 

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 Additional information on Penrose tilings: 

 

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