New Geometric Systems

Jekabs Zvilna and Integrative Form-Languages

Philip Beesley, Bianca Weeko Martin, Philip Beesley, Bianca Weeko Martin

• Editore: Riverside Architectural Press
• Anno: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781988366289
• Categoria: Artist Monographs

New Geometric Systems: Jekabs Zvilna and Integrative Form-Languages surveys the graphic and three-dimensional work of Waterloo Architecture professor and mid-twentieth-century designer Jekabs Zvilna. Photography of original foam and wood models by Zvilna and new essays by Val Rynnimeri and Muhammad Tahir Pervaiz are followed by studies by undergraduate students working under the supervision of Philip Beesley at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in 2019.

Jekabs Zvilna (1913-1997) was a designer, researcher, artist, and professor of architecture at the University of Waterloo. Zvilna studied architecture in Latvia at the University of Riga and immigrated to Canada in the mid-1950s.

Contributors: Muhammad Tahir Pervaiz, Val Rynnimeri, Saadman Ahmed, Yun Ru Amy Bao, Ien Boodan, Kelley Gu, Roni Haravon, Alice Jie Jie Huang, Winona Li, Bianca Weeko Martin, Vincent Min, Hagop Terzian, Winston Yew

Various Experiments

Yun Ru Amy Bao

Experiments with the base Zvilna block in conjunction with Grasshopper binaries.

Digital render of geometry exploration, “Explosion”

original geometry: single

1. Begin with three congruent squares

2. Rotate the outer squares upwards 45 degrees using the outer edges as axes

3. Connect all edges to form a solid

variation 1a: hexagon

variation 1b: truncated tetrahedron

variation 1c: truncated octahedron

growth 1d: truncated tetrahedron array

growth 1c: truncated tetrahedron array

growth 1c: truncated octahedron array, top view

variation 3: pinecone

growth 3: burro’s tail (sedum morganianum)

Spirals occur frequently in nature, and dual spirals occur frequently in plants. One spiral is steeper than the other. This Zvilna variation captures this characteristic in simplified geometry.

random growth 1: seaweed

Limited touching faces

random growth 2: protein

Unlimited touching faces

random growth 4: explosion

No touching faces

original geometry: double

The trapezoidal p...