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... first publication that deals with floors built with short beams dates back to 1545; Il primo libro d'Architettura published in Paris by Sebastiano Serlio with both Italian and French text. In this volumededicated to geometry -the Italian architect shows a timber floor (Figure 4) obtained by the iteration of the elementary module shown in the drawing by Villard and Leonardo. However, the text seems to allude to a more elementary structure, of which Serlio writes that this "work will be very strong, placing a joist in the wall on one side, and the other end suspended". ...
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... Volume terzo" (1878). Since the beginning of the 20th century, until the 1950s, reciprocal structures have been mentioned in all Italian building treatises and manuals [35,36]. ...
The application of the systemic approach in architecture aims to promote an integral, holistic view of the architectural design process. The literature reviewed calls for models with systemic behavior, and for these models to be applied in concrete cases. This paper proposes an original approach, using the foundation matrix and the constructive logic matrix. Both matrices are part of a developing model that is being tested on a case study. The work presented here had two objectives: to check this part of the model and gain more knowledge about the model itself. The selected case study, the 2005 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, is a contemporary ephemeral construction of significant architectural interest. It is a reciprocal frame structure, linked to the construction history. The methodology used was a systemic analysis. In the first phase of the analysis, the reciprocal structures documented historically in the West were reviewed. The other two phases corresponded to the application of the two model matrices. Conceptual diagramming was used in all phases of the process. The results show the importance of the study of historical building solutions. The use of matrices facilitates the identification and understanding of the operations carried out in the design process of the case study. Matrices favor the organization of concepts and relationships from through a systemic approach. Understanding generation operations in an integrated way leads to a type of knowledge (relational knowledge) that allows architecture to be thought about in a holistic way. This makes the systemic view of art and technology as a unit possible, attending to the whole complexity of architectural thinking.
