MATH IN

ARCHITECTURE
What is Architecture?

“the art or science of building; specifically : the

art or practice of designing and building
structures and especially habitable ones”
Types of Architecture
• Residential Architecture
- construction of beautiful private dwellings for
homeowners.
- “cookie cutter houses”: neighborhood houses
designed identically or similarly
Types of Architecture
• Commercial Architecture
- specialize in larger ventures for businesses
or government entities,
- speerecting public buildings such as shopping
malls, libraries, government facilities, and more.
 Types of Architecture
• Industrial Architecture
- industrial projects like hydroelectric dams,
bridges, and other technical projects.
- structures with technical functions as well as
aesthetically pleasing to the eye
Types of Architecture
• Landscape Architecture
- focus on outdoor areas
- design of parklands,
gardens, and lawns
surrounding buildings
- work directly with
trees, plants, and other
living materials.
Types of Architecture
• Green Architecture
- about building
structures friendly to
the environment.

- use of solar panels,

and other innovative
features that reduce
energy costs and allow
for sustainable living
Mathematics in Architecture

• VIDEO HERE 
EGYPT

• believed to have used geometry and number theory

• involvement of the Golden Ratio
• Seschat: The Goddess of Surveying
GREECE
GREECE
GREECE
EUROPE
EUROPE
EUROPE
THE 19TH CENTURY

• A change of attitude was seen on the scientific

and artistic disciplines

- both were now seen as complementary,

like, they never both occurred in one
person
THE 19TH CENTURY

• Buckminster Fuller
- Applied geometric
principles to design a
totally new concept in
buildings

- Structural purity: using simple geometric forms for

aesthetic and functional purposes
Mathematics in Architecture

EXAMPLES OF
MATHEMATICAL
STRUCTURES
Mobius Strip Temple
China
Cube Village
Netherlands
The Gherkin
England
Integral House
Canada
 THANK YOU 
Sources:
• http://www.careerigniter.com/questions/what-are-the-different-
types-of-architects/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pBXcYhm_3k
• https://www.emis.de/journals/NNJ/Salingaros.html
• http://flavorwire.com/330293/10-amazing-examples-of-
architecture-inspired-by-mathematics/10