This document provides an overview of Greek architecture codes and principles. It discusses how the Greeks defined the world through mathematics, philosophy, and architecture using basic truths, patterns, and geometry. Key Greek mathematicians like Euclid and architects established principles of proportion and harmony that still influence design today, such as the golden ratio. The document also examines specific architectural orders developed by the Greeks, including the Doric and Ionic orders, describing their distinguishing characteristics and influence on Western architecture.
11. Today when you start learning mathematics – even when you’re two
years old or three years old you always start with numbers…
But for Euclid and people in his time, it was the opposite…
They thought about Geometry as being the basis of everything.
And they thought about shapes, points, lines, triangles, being the
fundamental objects.
And they thought of numbers only as
something that arise from the Geometry.
- Zsuzsanna Dancso, Geometer (Mathematician)
29. How did the Greeks define the world using
Architecture?
30. Ball pen analogy
Classical Modern DeconstructionBallpen of
Zeus!
I was made by Zeus’ lightning
bolt!
(Science from superstition)
31. Ball pen analogy
Classical Modern Deconstruction
I’m made of Polymers!
Science can justify why I exist!
You cannot question the accuracy
of Science, can you?
(Rationalism)
32. Ball pen analogy
Classical Modern Deconstruction
Why do we use ball pen to write in the first place?
Why do we call it ball pen?
If I change the function of the ball pen, will a new
‘life’ form?
(Zaha Hadid proposes a similar question to the
“calligraphy of a plan”)
39. Logocentrism
is a term coined by the German philosopher Ludwig Klages in the
1920s.
It refers to the tradition of Western science and philosophy that regards
words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality.
40. Logocentrism
is a term coined by the German philosopher Ludwig Klages in the
1920s.
It refers to the tradition of Western science and philosophy that regards
words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality.
LANGUAGE
41. communication using a
system of arbitrary vocal
sounds, written symbols,
signs, or gestures in
conventional ways with
conventional meanings
LANGUAGE
46. The Porch of the Caryatids
- “six draped female figures (caryatids) as
supporting columns”
- The female figures of the Erechtheion
represented the punishment of the
women of Karyæ, a town near Sparta in
Laconia, who were condemned to slavery
after betraying Athens by siding with
Persia in the Greco-Persian Wars
51. Scans of people’s brains show a strong emotional response to visuals
based on proper aesthetic principles.
SOURCE: “The Right Way to Use Trim in Old Houses” – Old House Journal
Feb/Mar 2013, written by Brent Hull
52. L
L+x
L =1.618
L+x
L =1.618
x/4 Scans of people’s brains show a strong emotional response to visuals
based on proper aesthetic principles.
SOURCE: “The Right Way to Use Trim in Old Houses” – Old House Journal
Feb/Mar 2013, written by Brent Hull
x/4
58. Golden ratio
In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is
the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities.
62. Doric order
Since at least Vitruvius it has been
customary for writers to associate the
Doric with masculine virtues.
- The Greek Doric column was fluted or
smooth-surfaced;
- and had no base, dropping straight
into the stylobate or platform on
which the temple or other building
stood.
PARTHENON
71. Ionic Order
Since Vitruvius a female character has
been ascribed to the Ionic, in contrast
to the masculine Doric.
- The Ionic column is always more
slender than the Doric, therefore
always has a base;
- Ionic columns are most often fluted.
The Ionic order originated in the mid-
6th century BC in Ionia.
73. Basic Parts
Volute – the spiral forming the major element of the Ionic Capital.
EYE
The decorative
Central disc of
An ionic volute
Sometimes
Enriched with
A flower or
Other motif.