TY - CONF T1 - The Generation of Superstructure Geometry in Latina Temples: a Hybrid Approach T2 - Digital Design: The Quest for New Paradigms: 23rd eCAADe Conference Proceedings Y1 - 2005 A1 - Sambit Datta KW - 2-D Representation KW - 3-D Models KW - Constraint-Based Design KW - Generative Design KW - Visualization AB -

The Nâgara tradition of temple building created a rich corpus of Latina (single-spired) temples spread across Northern India between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. Computing methods offer a distinct methodology for reconstructing the genesis and evolution of geometry in this tradition over time. This paper reports a hybrid technique, comprising three distinct computations for recovering and explaining the geometry of temples. The application of the technique enables scholars to bring together fragments of evidence, construe “best-fit” strategies and unearth implicit or hidden relationships. The advantage of this approach is that changes in assumptions and testing of geometric alternatives can be easily simulated from multiple sources of information, such as texts, sacred diagrams and individual temples.

JA - Digital Design: The Quest for New Paradigms: 23rd eCAADe Conference Proceedings T3 - eCAADe: Conferences PB - Technical University of Lisbon CY - Lisbon, Portugal SP - 483-488 J1 - 23rd eCAADe ID - 2005_483 ER -