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This article shows that mathematics serves as a vital force in architecture. By comparing the characteristics that Hans Dreisch attributes to the vital force with the characteristics of mathematical proportions in architecture, this paper demonstrates that both can be seen as principles of individuation, both can be the source of equipotentiality, and both are manifested in harmony.
Anat David Artman is an architect who has taught in the department of architecture at Bazalel Academy of Art since 1992. In addition she studied philosophy in the Hebrew University and completed her Ph.D. in philosophy in 2006.
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David-Artman, A. (2008). Mathematics as the Vital Force of Architecture. In: Wassell, S.R., Williams, K. (eds) Nexus Network Journal. Nexus Network Journal, vol 10,2. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8766-2_9
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