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The Lighthouses: Real and Virtual Lines. Geometries and Coastal Maps
It is well known how the analysis process using lines, that is any two-dimensional object connecting two points, is configured as the best performing approach for understanding proportions, modules and symmetries. It - in its configuration of straight line, curve, broken line, parabola or closed polygon - manages to connect all the elements of the world according to material and immaterial links, ordering them and defining their relationships. In the context of these issues, this contribution aims to outline the concept of the line in a synthetic manner for the purposes of the architectural breakdown of coastal buildings, specifically the lighthouses, and the related connection to the design/coastline. In order to better describe the implications of the line as an analysis, it is treated in its real and virtual sense. The visible world in elevation is real, that is the line that determines the skyline of a landscape. What concerns the zenith world is virtual, that is all those cartographies that determine an immaterial reality. The lighthouse, consisting of a double interpretation, represents the perfect union between these two worlds, partly analogous but sometimes discordant. The line, in its duplicity, is therefore configured as the means by which to analyze coastal architectural existences, or elements with a monolithic and identity aspect, and to connect territories through local knowledge, traditions and cultures.
The Lighthouses: Real and Virtual Lines. Geometries and Coastal Maps
It is well known how the analysis process using lines, that is any two-dimensional object connecting two points, is configured as the best performing approach for understanding proportions, modules and symmetries. It - in its configuration of straight line, curve, broken line, parabola or closed polygon - manages to connect all the elements of the world according to material and immaterial links, ordering them and defining their relationships. In the context of these issues, this contribution aims to outline the concept of the line in a synthetic manner for the purposes of the architectural breakdown of coastal buildings, specifically the lighthouses, and the related connection to the design/coastline. In order to better describe the implications of the line as an analysis, it is treated in its real and virtual sense. The visible world in elevation is real, that is the line that determines the skyline of a landscape. What concerns the zenith world is virtual, that is all those cartographies that determine an immaterial reality. The lighthouse, consisting of a double interpretation, represents the perfect union between these two worlds, partly analogous but sometimes discordant. The line, in its duplicity, is therefore configured as the means by which to analyze coastal architectural existences, or elements with a monolithic and identity aspect, and to connect territories through local knowledge, traditions and cultures.
The Lighthouses: Real and Virtual Lines. Geometries and Coastal Maps
Springer ser. in des. and Innovation
Ródenas-López, Manuel A. (editor) / Calvo-López, José (editor) / Salcedo-Galera, Macarena (editor) / Mollica, Sonia (author)
Congreso Internacional de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica ; 2022 ; Cartagena, Spain
2022-04-28
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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