The importance of geometry

The Importance of Geometry in Architecture and Engineering

Geometry is an important curriculum in mathematics . High school students may not be able to realize its importance but is has many practical applications , most especially in engineering and architecture

Geometry is a subject in mathematics that deals with size , shape , and the relative position of figures and the associated space . An object as well as a space 's , property , such as volume and strength , is computed using the principles of geometry . Much of what we see around us employs the use of geometry

. The world around us is composed much of geometric figures . This is most evident in architecture

Most architectural designs are composed of a series of geometric figures . These designs were not made by accidence . Complex computations were necessary to come up with the designs and some geometric figures were not only designed for aesthetic purposes but served some functions as well . Even buildings themselves are a product of geometric functions as according to one geometry honor student from Boca Raton Community High School : if you didn 't have geometry you wouldn 't be able to build a building (Jenkins , 2006

Even ancient people have used principles of geometry to provide us with some of the most fascinating works . Stone-age people from Europe , for example , used advanced geometry to design and build the Stonehenge Ancient Egyptians could not have built the pyramids without proper knowledge of geometry . The Greek 's Parthenon displays the use of a Golden Rectangle , considered to be the perfect geometric figure

If geometry is very useful in architecture , how much more use would it have in engineering ? Even the simplest gears used in machines were based on the principles of geometry . We may not be able to realize the importance of geometry in itself , but when applied with concepts of higher mathematics , we see that it is an important foundation of math especially in the fields of architecture and engineering

References

Jenkins , N (2006 . Boca High students construct models of Boca historical sites ' Retrieved Spetember 18 , 2008 from http /www .gogeometry .com /world_news_map /boca_raton_geometry_panorama_vi ew .htm...