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The generation of superstructure geometry in latina temples : a hybrid approach

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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Sambit Datta
The Nagara tradition of temple building created a rich corpus of Latina (single-spired) temples spread across Northern India between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. Computing methods offer a distinct methodology for reconstructing the genesis and evolution of geometry in this tradition over time. This paper reports a hybrid technique, comprising three distinct computations for recovering and explaining the geometry of temples. The application of the technique enables scholars to bring together fragments of evidence, construe "best-fit" strategies and unearth implicit or hidden relationships. The advantage of this approach is that changes in assumptions and testing of geometric alternatives can be easily simulated from multiple sources of information, such as texts, sacred diagrams and individual temples.

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Pagination

483 - 488

Location

Lisbon, Portugal

Open access

  • Yes

Start date

2005-09-21

End date

2005-09-24

ISBN-13

9780954118334

ISBN-10

0954118332

Language

eng

Publication classification

E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed

Copyright notice

2005, ECAADE

Editor/Contributor(s)

J Duarte, G Ducla-Soares, A Sampaio

Title of proceedings

ECAADE 2005 : Digital design : the quest for new paradigms, Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 23)

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