“Architecture is the frozen music ; music is the flowing architecture…” - Goethe Cymatica is an architectural thesis investigation exploring the synthesis of spatial proportion and form generated from sound. This thesis is the first step in an attempt to interpret the intelligent proportions of waves we commonly experience as sound into expressions of formal proportion in architecture. The goal of unlocking the cymatic language is not to display truth or beauty- but to be able to translate and re-interpret the communication of sound through form; to better understand how to create atmosphere and effect, to compose architecture more rapidly; to play by ear. This site will document the research and design work of Benlloyd Goldstein , Master of Architecture II | Southern California Institute of Architecture | 2009 ( http://sciarc.edu). __100% original design content and referenced research__ Benlloyd Goldstein var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-9013624-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @cymatica)http://cymatica.net/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyfzhaKX2V1qzdrlyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://cymatica.net/post/413001178http://cymatica.net/post/413001178Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:24:46 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kua3f8mgvh1qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Harmonic Structure </b></p> <p>Rapid Prototyping of Cymatica structures_Series 1</p>http://cymatica.net/post/273057484http://cymatica.net/post/273057484Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:49:56 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdo37jCXS1qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdo37jCXS1qzdrlyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdo37jCXS1qzdrlyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdo37jCXS1qzdrlyo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdo37jCXS1qzdrlyo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Thesis presentation 2009.09.12</p>http://cymatica.net/post/250061702http://cymatica.net/post/250061702Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:35:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdoteUwUn1qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dissonance_Rapid Prototyping Series _ 1</p>http://cymatica.net/post/250075713http://cymatica.net/post/250075713Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:51:00 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kta0jz8fwp1qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Threshold _ elevation</b></p> <p>Rapid Prototyping of Cymatica structures_Series 2</p>http://cymatica.net/post/247689556http://cymatica.net/post/247689556Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:14:00 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kta0e5GmoA1qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Threshold _ interior</b></p> <p>Rapid Prototyping of Cymatica structures_Series 2</p>http://cymatica.net/post/247686152http://cymatica.net/post/247686152Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:00 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt9yu0sg271qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Cymaticave</b></p> <p>Rapid Prototyping of Cymatica structures_Series 1</p> <p><b><br/></b></p>http://cymatica.net/post/247652759http://cymatica.net/post/247652759Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:37:00 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kua1tspyvm1qzdrlyo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kua1tspyvm1qzdrlyo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kua1tspyvm1qzdrlyo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/>http://cymatica.net/post/273033819http://cymatica.net/post/273033819Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kua5ao7xCk1qzdrlyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Harmonic Structural Surface _CNC Milled</p>http://cymatica.net/post/273085571http://cymatica.net/post/273085571Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqawjwamRL1qzdrlyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>LongWave Diagram-</b></p> <p>This surface is generated from a frozen sample of thick electronic music pushed through 4 source points of wave disturbance.</p>http://cymatica.net/post/193036112http://cymatica.net/post/193036112Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:41:33 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="220" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6960303&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6960303&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6960303&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Cymatic fluid being slowly scaled through frozen audio</p>http://cymatica.net/post/207416955http://cymatica.net/post/207416955Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:41:00 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="224" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6959731&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6959731&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6959731&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="224"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Longwave diagram in Xray = 4 source points of sound plus a Cymatic Shell.</p>http://cymatica.net/post/207390054http://cymatica.net/post/207390054Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:33:45 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="264" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5330221&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5330221&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5330221&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="264"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>4 standing waves ( extracted from an audio input )<br/>set up in C-shell diagram to explore the spatial consequence of wave lattice interference.</p>http://cymatica.net/post/130339675http://cymatica.net/post/130339675Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:01:00 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/chhGtZQ0Nnrol68wUL8M9P92o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://cymatica.net/post/111202644http://cymatica.net/post/111202644Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:26:44 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqxb49tBpv1qzdrlyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://cymatica.net/post/203147364http://cymatica.net/post/203147364Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:26:00 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="250" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6961026&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6961026&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6961026&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“CyLime” snapping through a Wave Lattice as a digital material with wave-resonant properties</p>http://cymatica.net/post/207437868http://cymatica.net/post/207437868Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:38:00 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/chhGtZQ0Nqczg8zcYqIEgVjUo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Cmaj9</b></p> <p>aka: cMaj7(add9), CM7(add9)</p> <p>intervals: 1,3,(5),7,9</p> <p>half steps: 4-7-4 (excl. optional notes)</p>http://cymatica.net/post/149345690http://cymatica.net/post/149345690Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:17:00 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/chhGtZQ0Nplw5xy7EPBebCUno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><img/><b>C5</b></p> <p>aka: C power chord</p> <p>intervals: 1,5</p> <p>half-steps: 7</p> <p>notes: C, G</p>http://cymatica.net/post/136962617http://cymatica.net/post/136962617Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:16:00 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqhlq4sedt1qzdrlyo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Surface7</b></p> <p>aka: sin(7x) + sin(7y) + sin(7z) +7xyz = 1</p> <p>wave input: 33 Hz</p>http://cymatica.net/post/195939583http://cymatica.net/post/195939583Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:54:00 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="220" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6960472&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6960472&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6960472&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Frequency shifting through a cymatic shell … look for the harmonic structures!</p>http://cymatica.net/post/207417955http://cymatica.net/post/207417955Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:59:00 -0700