Architecture for all: 'Chronicle of forms. A journey through the geometric continuum'.

Understanding geometry as language, art or poetry is one of the missions that Fernando Manuel Alonso, María del Pilar Salazar and Juan L. Roquette, Geometry professors at the School of Architecturehave proposed in their new publication, 'Crónica de las formas. A journey through the geometric continuum' (EUNSA).

On October 8, the authors presented the publication in the Magna classroom of the School of Architecture. With an accessible and informative approach , the work combines text, visual narrative and technical essay to turn geometric shapes into the protagonists of the story.

Starting with basic concepts such as the point, the line and the plane, its reading "invites to a journey through the geometric continuum, showing how shapes and spatial relationships act in the real world through maps, Structures and proportions," explained Fernando Manuel Alonso. The protagonist, an almost personified geometric element, acts as a guiding thread and geometric shapes come to life as actors in the narrative.

The book is aimed at students of Architecture, design, Art and Mathematics and higher Education teachers interested in a renewed approach to geometry. The partnership emerges as a collaborative project that mixes the technical, visual and narrative approach of its three authors.

Educational benefits

Geometry is one of the primary languages of architecture and its understanding allows for the construction of projects with poetic, structural and aesthetic coherence. "In addition to forming the gaze of future architects, it invites them to question the traditional uses of forms and the possibilities of playing with them," added Professor Fernando Manuel Alonso.