The last article by Jean-Michel Kantor raised issues of spatial associations, configurations, networking and hidden geometry within architecture. It also questioned the 'liberty of movement' that the design possesses according to its geometries (hidden or evident).
This initiated my interest in the study of geometry in architectural design, particularly fractal geometry. 'A fractal is generally "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole,"[1] a property called self-similarity.' ( Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal )
Fractal Geometry can be seen in the above image of the facade of Federation Square amongst other contemporary buildings. In my studies I will attempt to further research into the computer process/s by which these geometries are generated, investigating either surface or volumetric architectural compositions.
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