COL 2014

A form-finding study of the acoustical and structural benefits of parabolic design inspired by the works of and

There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore buildings

must have no straight lines or sharp corners. - Antoni Gaudi

Any musical piece is akin to a boulder with complex forms, with striations and engraved designs atop and within, which men can decipher in a thousand different ways without ever finding the right answer or the best one. - Iannis Xenakis

Advisors : Professor Emily Dolan , Mus ic

Professor R ichard Wes ley , Arch . Des ign

College Alumni Society Ke l son Family Research Grant

Xenak i s : form find ing model for the Philips Pav ilion

Gaudi : form find ing model for the Sagrada Familia

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Gaudi :Examples of

Parabolic Des ign

Sketches of Parabolic Des ign

Le Diatope , 1977

Poly tope de Montrea l , 1967

Cosmic Ci ty , 1963

Parabolic Ceiling of Sagrada Familia

Cross Sect ion of A i s le

Small Sca le Parabolic Forms

Large Sca le Parablo ic Tes t ing