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01 Jun

Blanton Student Services Building Interior

As we’ve seen in other posts, the elegant architecture of the Southern Methodist University campus is a rich source for seeing mathematical concepts in action. One technique that architects use to unify the design of a building is to have a repeated feature or shape that recurs in multiple circumstances in the building (much as […]

Glen Whitney Posted in Proportion/ratio, Southern Methodist University Leave a comment
01 Jun

Hughes-Trigg Student Center Interior

The study in symmetry continues inside the Hughes-Trigg Student Center, this time providing an excellent illustration of another important type, rotational symmetry. Check out the central gallery of the building. If you stand in the center of the room (right on top of the ubiquitous stallion), pick any direction and memorize what you see, and […]

Glen Whitney Posted in Southern Methodist University, Symmetry Leave a comment

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