How long does it take to read Architectural Geometry?
Helmut Pottmann, Andreas Asperl, Michael Hofer, Axel Kilian
Architectural Geometry by Helmut Pottmann, Andreas Asperl, Michael Hofer, Axel Kilian takes about 13 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2007. 744 pages, about 204,600 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Geometry lies at the core of the architectural design process. It is omnipresent, from the initial form-finding stages to the actual construction. Modern constructive geometry provides a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacture of complex shapes. This results in new challenges for architecture. However, the architectural application also poses new problems to geometry. Architectural geometry is therefore an entire research area, currently emerging at the border between applied geometry and architecture. This book has been written as a textbook for students of architecture or industrial design. It comprises material at all levels, from the basics of geometric modeling to the cutting edge of research. During the architectural journey through geometry, topics typically reserved for a mathematically well-trained audience are addressed in an easily understandable way. These include central concepts on freeform curves and surfaces, differential geometry, kinematic geometry, mesh processing, digital reconstruction, and optimization of shapes. This book is also intended as a geometry consultant for architects, construction engineers, and industrial designers and as a source of inspiration for scientists interested in applications of geometry processing in architecture and art.
Subjects: Architectural Geometry, Architecture, Curved Surfaces, Mathematics, Design, Geometry in architecture
