Potentials for Multi-Dimensional Tessellations in Architectural Applications

A collaboration with architect David Celento examining higher-dimensional aperiodic tessellations in architecture.

2011-01-01

Authors: D. Celento, E. Harriss
Published in: ACADIA 11: Integration through Computation, 2011
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BibTeX

@inproceedings{multi-dimensional-tessellations,
  title   = {Potentials for Multi-Dimensional Tessellations in Architectural Applications},
  author  = {D. Celento and E. Harriss},
  booktitle = {ACADIA 11: Integration through Computation},
  year    = {2011},
  pages   = {308--313},
}

The paper surveys periodic, non-periodic, and aperiodic tilings, introduces 4D zonotopes and their projections via the canonical projection method, and examines potential architectural uses in surface patterning, spatial organisation, and modular assembly — an early-stage exploration of what computational access to higher-dimensional geometry might open up for design.