Fractal Gardens Inspiration I

 

I began to work with fractals in 2000, specifically applied to my research on Urban Morphology. I also create them in 2D and 3D in art, and some fractal landscapes for design inspiration about nature colors, layers, textures, structures. As you can see here, this is not a copy of a known fractal to be applied in the overall shape of planting, but more of a morphological analysis, an integration of plants, trees, rocks, grading, and water.

Fractals represent the dynamic systems, the geometry of Nature, the infinite retro-feedings, in synthesis, what cannot be measured in Euclidian terms. A fractal is a way of seeing the infinite. The term that in Latin means fragmentary or cut, was presented by the Polish mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot (1924 -) for the first time in his book "Les Objets Fractals: Forme, Hasard et Dimension" (1975). Fractals have not a definition yet, but their characteristic properties are enumerated as follows: A fractal has a fine structure; this is detail in arbitrarily small scales. A fractal is too irregular to be described with the traditional Euclidian geometry, so much local as globally. Frequently, a fractal has a certain form of autosimilarity, maybe approximated or statistical.

To keep on reading about fractals, click on:

http://myriammahiques.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-fractal.html

I see this one as a jungle with exotic species in an ascending scale, with sand and water around.

For this one, my interpretation is green layers descending to a pond with colorful rocks or Koi Fish or flowers. My intention is to read an abstract idea from a complex system.

This one I see a combination of elevated rock platforms with darker areas where I can add smaller rocks and shadow plants, like ferns. Fractals can be seen and analyzed in different scales. In consequence, this image could be an inspiration for types of rocks or as I mentioned, bigger platforms where people can be standing or sitting and enjoying a different landscape underneath, like subterranean.