| id |
ecaade2012_281 |
| authors |
Psarras, Stamatis ; Liapi, Katherine A. |
| year |
2012 |
| title |
The Disassembly of a Musical Piece and its Conversion to an “Architectural” Pathway: An algorithmic approach |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.1.289
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| source |
Achten, Henri; Pavlicek, Jiri; Hulin, Jaroslav; Matejovska, Dana (eds.), Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1 / ISBN 978-9-4912070-2-0, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture (Czech Republic) 12-14 September 2012, pp. 289-297 |
| wos |
WOS:000330322400029 |
| summary |
This paper presents and discusses a process of transferring the main features of a piece of music such as structure, notes etc., to a primarily spatial construction in architecture. The main objective of this effort was to convert the linearity of time during the hearing of a musical piece into a continuous pathway and an architectural stroll on a given site. To this end, the musical piece is used as a source of data, which, with the use of developed algorithms, are converted into spatial data. A purely instrumental piece, “Air,” from the suite for strings in D major by Bach, provided the source data used in the design of Park D, a section of a Cultural Park in the suburbs of Athens, Greece. The developed algorithms presented in the paper include: a) an algorithm for generating the shape of the path and the space defi ning elements along the path, and b) an algorithm that generates the geometry of four harmonographic structures. |
| keywords |
Music and Architecture; Gestalt; Design Algorithms; Harmonograph |
| series |
eCAADe |
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| full text |
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