Yafreisy Carrero

One of the most interesting Landscape Architects I've seen is the first-ever Landscape mathematician. Yafreisy Carrero uses maths to analyse Landscapes and create designs for other areas. She has written a short paper about using Euclid's Elements to develop a courthouse square. The plan was inspired by nature, mathematics and astronomy as it mimics the movement of the death around the sun and then the moon around the earth, using Euclid's Elements.

These show the sites next to Euclid's elements, which shows how this mathematical theory around geometry and the solar system's movement can be used to make cohesive designs.


This is another analysis Yafreisy has done, which focuses more on giving value to different parts of a tree, in which real branches are -1, imaginary are i^2 (which is equal to -1 as the shape is still complete but not in the same way), and the spaces are given values of either 1 or -1 depending on the number size and position of branches.
Using these formulas, she has given each area a value. These values show if the tree's crown is positive or negative, allowing humans to monitor trees in a mathematical environment.
She then used this theory to create a Tree-branch chair, which has been really interesting as a concept to me as it incorporates maths and design.

Using mathematics to create designs is a really underappreciated technique, especially considering the broad scope of mathematics. This is a unique way to see nature and will be a technique I use in the future to create Landscape designs which connect maths and design.

References:

 Carrero, Y. (2022) The Third law of landscape mathematics, STEM field landscape ..., The Third Law of Landscape Mathematics, STEM Field Landscape Mathematics, Design with Numbers. Copyright © 2020 by Yafreisy Carrero. All rights reserved. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362907265_The_Third_Law_of_Landscape_Mathematics_STEM_Field_Landscape_Mathematics_Design_with_Numbers_Copyright_C_2020_by_Yafreisy_Carrero_All_rights_reserved (Accessed: January 17, 2023).





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