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The Ruled Geometries of Marcel Breuer

In: Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future

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  • John Poros

    (Mississippi State University, College of Architecture, Art, and Design)

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The use of ruled surfaces proliferated in post-WWII architecture due to the influence of engineer/ architects such as Nervi and Candela, who saw the ruled surface as the geometrical underpinning for highly efficient shell surfaces. Marcel Breuer, while using ruled surfaces in structurally advantageous ways, also looked to these geometries for architectural expression. This chapter will explore the use of these ruled geometries in structural and non-structural roles in Breuer’s work. The use of ruled surfaces both structurally and non-structurally indicates that Breuer thought primarily of these geometries for their qualities of space and form rather than their structural role. Breuer also used ruled geometries in ways that contradicted their structural role to create unexpected contradictions and tension in his work.

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  • John Poros, 2015. "The Ruled Geometries of Marcel Breuer," Springer Books, in: Kim Williams & Michael J. Ostwald (ed.), Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 367-375, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-00143-2_24
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00143-2_24
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