Chinmay_4-6 - Atlas of Novel Tectonics

5/ Variety (Difference) Vs Variation (Self-similarity)

• Repetition in multiple models is necessary to make selections, while to study variation, repetition in single element is necessary.
• The logic of repetition can be applied regardless of content as per Edgar Allan Poe’s theory of composition.
• By the method of repetition patterns are formed, which becomes an essential part of the overall scheme. 
• This states that a single element in architecture will not reveal the organizational possibilities than greater quantities.
• For example, the Michael Schumacher World Champion tower in Dubai by LAVA Architects is based on the geometric laws of snowflakes, in order to obtain an efficient/minimal structure, A series of reflective fins generates the vertical dynamic and gives the building a constantly changing appearance. The fins track the sun, control , control the solar shading and dissolve the rationality of the plan into a continuously evolving building volume.The facade's continuous surface enables curvature with a lot of repetition and the potential for standardization in the building process.

6/ Part to Whole relationships

• Instead of top-down hierarchy which deals with most of the modernist projects, the author suggests a methodology that involves both top-down and bottom-up logics operating in a feedback loop.
• The author states that, hierarchy, in this case is not about power structures but all about material organization. These emergent organizations become legible as whole-whole relationships.