Coastal lighthouses in Italy incarnate mathematical formalism. Modern mathematics, when applied to geometry, is formal, aiming at the concrete meaning of the analyzed entities: geometric shapes and surfaces. Lighthouses integrate the functional aspects of navigation, orientation and security and refer to geometric and symbolic concepts. Each lighthouse constitutes a geometric equation. The article presents the typological organization of their architecture, or rather of their helical staircases, in terms of geometry and symbolism. The form of lighthouse towers, designed according to fundamental concepts of Euclidean geometry are also analyzed. The analysis leads to the conclusion that architecture and mathematics are systems permeated with abstract symbols which linked together assume precise and concrete meanings. The study of the relationship between geometry and symbolism enables us to see and understand the synergy of the individual parts of the buildings analyzed.

Faros italianos entre geometría y simbolismo / The Idiom of Geometry and Symbolism of the lighthouses In Italy / Ippolito, Alfonso; C., Bartolomei. - In: EGA. REVISTA DE EXPRESIÓN GRÁFICA ARQUITECTÓNICA. - ISSN 1133-6137. - STAMPA. - 25:anno 20/2015(2015), pp. 192-199. [10.4995/ega.2015.3679]

Faros italianos entre geometría y simbolismo / The Idiom of Geometry and Symbolism of the lighthouses In Italy

IPPOLITO, ALFONSO;
2015

Abstract

Coastal lighthouses in Italy incarnate mathematical formalism. Modern mathematics, when applied to geometry, is formal, aiming at the concrete meaning of the analyzed entities: geometric shapes and surfaces. Lighthouses integrate the functional aspects of navigation, orientation and security and refer to geometric and symbolic concepts. Each lighthouse constitutes a geometric equation. The article presents the typological organization of their architecture, or rather of their helical staircases, in terms of geometry and symbolism. The form of lighthouse towers, designed according to fundamental concepts of Euclidean geometry are also analyzed. The analysis leads to the conclusion that architecture and mathematics are systems permeated with abstract symbols which linked together assume precise and concrete meanings. The study of the relationship between geometry and symbolism enables us to see and understand the synergy of the individual parts of the buildings analyzed.
2015
Los faros costeros italianos encarnan perfectamente el formalismo matemático. La matemática moderna, sobre todo aplicada a la geometría, es formal y aspira al significado concreto de las entidades: formas y superficies geométricas de cualquier especie. Los faros integran los aspectos funcionales de la navegación, orientación y seguridad, y al mismo tiempo evocan conceptos geométricos y simbólicos. Cada faro, por sus proporciones y detalles, constituye una ecuación geométrica elaborada. El artículo trata de la organización tipológica y formal de la arquitectura de los faros: las escaleras helicoidales, como geometría y símbolo. Se trata el tema de la forma del faro, sólido elemental de la geometría euclidiana, para afirmar cómo la arquitectura y la matemática son sistemas impregnados de símbolos abstractos que, si relacionados, adquieren significados específicos. Este estudio sobre las relaciones entre geometría y simbolismo nos lleva a tener que manejar objetos, los faros, y conceptos con la comprensión de que existe una total sinergia entre las partes.
Lighthouses; helical staircases; geometry; symbolismFaros; escaleras helicoidales; geometría; simbolismo
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Faros italianos entre geometría y simbolismo / The Idiom of Geometry and Symbolism of the lighthouses In Italy / Ippolito, Alfonso; C., Bartolomei. - In: EGA. REVISTA DE EXPRESIÓN GRÁFICA ARQUITECTÓNICA. - ISSN 1133-6137. - STAMPA. - 25:anno 20/2015(2015), pp. 192-199. [10.4995/ega.2015.3679]
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