13. Nōka [農家], a traditional wooden farmhouse in Japan, as captured by the great woodblock printmaker Yoshida Hiroshi (1946)
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14. The fortified granary, Ksar Ouled Soltane, located in the district of Tataouine, southern Tunisia.
Ksar means 'granary' and the name Tataouine, well... you know what I mean
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17. The Roofs of Ghadames—an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya—also known as 'the pearl of the desert'
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18. The traditional Sámi home called 'gamme'
[Photographs by Ellisif Rannveig Wessel, Bente Haarstad and Fredrik Jenssen]
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And the characteristic Sámi 'njalla', food storage huts raised from the ground to avoid the intrusion of nosy animals such as wolverines and bears
[reddit.com/r/interestinga; sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njalla#/m; Daniel von Hogguér, 'Reise nach Lappland und dem nördlichen Schweden', 1841]
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19. Indian stepwells, also known regionally as 'vav', 'baori', 'baoli', and 'bawadi', are structures that, in the first place, helped harvest water but were also used as subterranean temples and pleasure retreats
[Photographs by Edward Burtynsky and Victoria Lautman]
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20. The fractal geometry of Indian temples: Virupaksha Temple, Dilwara Temples, Kandariya temple and Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple dataisnature.com/?p=2138
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Not fractal
I take your point, but fractals are infinitely self-similar, iterated and appear the same at each scale. These are finite and only repeated. Ie if you were to zoom in you would see a different design
Fascinating how the craftsmen were able to operate to accurately
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Don’t get me wrong, I understood your point.
Unfortunately, it only applies to a small subset of scales, & in specific parts of the structure
Interesting how architects find a way to reflect the ideas in their design.
But dangerous how religion tries to misappropriate science