Quadrilaterals

Types of Quadrilaterals There are six basic types of quadrilaterals: 1.  Rectangle Opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel and equal.  All angles are 90º. 2.  Square Opposite sides of a square are parallel and all sides are equal.  All angles are 90º. 3.  Parallelogram Opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel and equal.  Opposite angles are equal. 4.  Rhombus All sides of a rhombus are equal and opposite sides are parallel.  Opposite angles of a rhombus are equal.  The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles.   5.  Trapezium A trapezium has one pair of opposite sides parallel.  A regular trapezium has non-parallel sides equal and its base angles are equal, as shown in the following diagram. 6.  Kite Two pairs of adjacent sides of a kite are equal, and one pair of opposite angles are equal.   Diagonals intersect at right angles.  One diagonal is bisected by the other.

4.  Rhombus All sides of a rhombus are equal and opposite sides are parallel.  Opposite angles of a rhombus are equal.  The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles.   5.  Trapezium A trapezium has one pair of opposite sides parallel.  A regular trapezium has non-parallel sides equal and its base angles are equal, as shown in the following diagram. 6.  Kite Two pairs of adjacent sides of a kite are equal, and one pair of opposite angles are equal.   Diagonals intersect at right angles.  One diagonal is bisected by the other.

Polygons

Triangles

Operations

Worksheet 2.1 ABOUT BASIC ELEMENTS IN GEOMETRY

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Burj Al Arab

Name of the building: Burj al Arab

Authors: Atkins, Tom Wright and Jumeirah the developer ( Jumeirah Comàny is a Dubai-based international luxury hotel chain and part of Dubai Holding)

Date: 1994-199

Style:  The shape of the building is like a half moon

The Authors

Tom Wright was born in Croydon, Greater London in 1957.  Wright studied at the Royal Russell School and then later at the Kingston University School of Architecture. He qualified as an architect in 1983. Wright went on to become a director of the architectural practice Lister Drew Haines Barrow, which was taken over in 1991 by Atkins. Wright became head of Atkins' architecture arm.

WS Atkins plc (commonly known as Atkins) is a British multinational engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting Services Company headquartered in Epsom, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1938 by Sir William Atkins.

Burj al Arab
Cost:	$650 million
Location:	Dubai
Uses:	It is use like an Hotel
Construction
Start	1994
Finish:	1999
Dimensions:	197.5 m
Height:	321 m
Floors:	60 floors (202 suites)
Lifts/elevator	18

History and interesting things

On the hotel roof is a heliport, which was used as a tennis court for advertising involving Roger Federer and Andre Agassi, but that, despite what many believe, is not used as field tennis.

The interior decoration of the building was carried out by Chinese designer Khuan Chew. The instructions el Jeque of Dubai gave Chew for the design of the suites and atrium were hit and innovate. Khuan and his team used large quantities of marble, velvet and leaflets of ore for decorate. Six months before the inauguration, Sheikh visited the hotel to give his opinion. The majesty of the suites met his expectations of luxury and grandeur show, but seeing the painting of a minimalist atrium, failed. The decorator had to redesign the look of the lobby, adding bright colors on the roof, dancing fountains, a spectacle of colored lights and giant aquariums.

The Prices of the rooms varies between $ 2,500 and $ 40,000 per night. The design of the suites unites East and West. The bathrooms are with mosaics. The Royal Suite, is valued at $ 137,716 per night, is in the world ranking of the 15 most expensive hotel rooms, done by CNN Go in 2012.

The Burj Al Arab has nine restaurants, among them the Al Mahara -under the sea, offering an underwater view through a stained glass window as aquarium and Al Muntaha, located 200 meters high, and allowing a view of the city of Dubai.

The clients have the ability to request a Rolls Royce Silver Seraph for transport. The cars were imported from Britain. Clients can also request a helicopter that goes straight to the hotel located on the helipad

0pinion

This building since I knew about it, I loved it. I like this entire beautiful hotel and the most incredible thing is that is on a small island on the beach. My favorite part of the hotel is that has some restaurants with gorgeous views. One of the restaurants is over the sea so you can see the sea wildlife. And another restaurant you can see a panoramic view of Dubai. 

 My drawing

 By Valeria Moreno Ruedas 3ºC

TECHNOSPHERE OF DUBAI by Sara Zapico Linares 3rd ESO C

MAIN FEATURES:

The concept of this iconic building for the Techno sphere of Dubai, is a building which will reflect the state of Planet Earth in the current and future times. Planet Earth embodies the very essence of the ecosystem that we live in.

The Techno sphere has several key technology systems and architectural spaces that will 

enable the building to generate a self breathing environment as well as generate electricity 
from solar power to supplement the energy needs of the building.

LOCATION OF THE BUILDING AND STYLE

 

 

The Aldar HQ building is located in Raha Beach, a new city on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.

Its architectural style is called structural expressionism also known as High-Tech modernism.

This style is an advanced modernism in which buildings display their structural elements inside and out. Structures in this style tend to have a metallic appearance.

The Aldar HQ is the first circular skyscraper in the world. The construction was completed using a steel diagonal grid to sustain the circular shape and then covered with glass panels.

Marwan Zgheib decided to create a simple building that would possess the calm and ideal   beauty but also have expressive power.

BIOGRAPHY

JAMES LAW- THE FATHER OF CYBERTECTURE

 

He is an Architect an Interior Designer and a Technologist with a love for Design and Art. He runs his own design company James Law Cybertecture. He also is a Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum a founder of NGO Cybertecture for Humanity. On most of his free time e runs a Young Architect Program for kids. He is an occasional TED speaker and teach part time in universities in Hong Kong. Combining technology and architecture, Law has designed some of the most innovative projects in the world, including the world's first artificial intelligent media laboratory for the Hong Kong government. 

HIS LIFE

Born in Hong Kong and raised in the United Kingdom from the age of nine, Law began to discover his talents in architecture when he was just 7-years-old.

His passion for architecture eventually led him to study the discipline at the University College London, under renowned visionary architect Peter Cook. Upon graduation in 1992, Law took up his first job as an architect at the firm of prestigious Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa in Tokyo in 1994. 

Following this, Law moved back to Hong Kong in 1997 to take up a position as the Director of Gensler International, one of the largest design firms in the world, and to focus on technology projects.

MY OWN DRAWING

OPINION

In my personal opinion, this sphere is a huge and innovating idea because it is an eco-friendly building which helps to reduce the amount of pollution we create regularly, and show us that, if we were able to produce all buildings yhis way, we will conserve our world for longer

My mother´s blog: Vintage & Chic

My mother is a decor blogger. Her blog is called Vintage & Chic. She started the blog seven years ago to share ideas and inspiration for decorating homes. In her blog you will also find some D.I.Y. (Do it yourself) and the work of some photographers and artists. Since the beginning of the blog she has published more than two thousand and five hundred posts. Now I´m going to share with you some of my favourite photos and one video, that I have found there.

Let´s start with the video: an incredible watercolour portrait.



Now let´s continue with some images, most of them related with art and photography.
Under each photo you will find a link to the author´s website.

Artist: Anna Wili Highfield

Artist: Lorraine Loots

Artist: Olga Protasova

Artist: Eldar Zakirov

Artist: Fashion cartoons

Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória

The cathedral of Maringá is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in downtown Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. The architect was José Augusto Bellucci, he started it in 1958 and he finished it in 1975.

HISTORY OF THE BUILDING:

The architect José Augusto Bellucci was inspired by the Soviet sputnik satellites when he designed the cathedral's modernist, conical shape. The design was idealized by the archbishop Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho.

STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS:

The cathedral is madre up pf glass, stone, marble and concrete.

It is the tallest church in South America and the 16th in the world. It´s height is 125m.

It´s architectural style is futurism.

OPINION:

In our opinion this cathedral has a very original desing and it´s very huge.

Guadalupe Tuero and Isabel Pellico 3ºC

   

Golden ratio in Human face

Phi ( Φ = 1.618033988749895… ), most often pronounced fi like “fly,” is simply an irrational number like pi ( p = 3.14159265358979… ), but one with many unusual mathematical properties.

The design of Human face is based on a “Golden Ruler, a ruler composed of golden ratios within golden ratios. It has long been known that the Golden Section, (also Golden Ratio or Divine Proportion), appears in certain proportions of living organisms.

Leonardo Da Vinci has long been associated with the golden ratio.Da Vinci created the illustrations for the book “De Divina Proportione” (The Divine Proportion) by Luca Pacioli. It was written in about 1497.In the book, Pacioli writes of mathematical and artistic proportion, especially the mathematics of the golden ratio and its application in art and architecture.

PORSCHE DESIGN TOWERS OF MIAMI BY MAITE SUSO

DONE BY: MAITE SUSO ARGÜELLES. 3rd ESO B.

 

NEWTON’S CENOTAPH

It was a project made by Étienne-Louis Boullée in 1784, to honour Isaac Newton’s discoveries.

It’s a neoclassical building, similar to Greek and Roman mausoleums.

ARCHITECT

 Étienne-Louis Boullée was born in Paris, in 1728 and died in 1799. He was a visionary architect, theorist and teacher. He wanted to be a painter, but, following the wishes of his father, he turned to

architecture. He opened his own studio with 19 years old. He designed several mansions in Paris in the 1760s and ‘70s, like the Hôtel de Brunoy. He teached in the Ecole Nationele des Ponts et Chaussées and in the Académie Royale d’Architecture in Paris. His works were innovative, from the Neoclassicism.

HISTORY OF THE BUILDING

Although it has never been built the drawings were engraved and circulated between some of the most important architects of the era. They said he was a megalomaniac and until the twentieth century its work wasn’t published. Nowadays the drawings and plans are in the National Library of Paris.

STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS

The cenotaph (a monument dedicated to the memory of someone, but with no body preserved inside) is a large sphere of 150 meters high on a circular base and covered by cypresses. From the outside, you can only see half the sphere, supported by two cylinders.

The building represents the land and Newton’s discoveries. Its access is in the base and, no matter the size, only a small area in the base can be occupied. Its surface is perforated, so that sunlight can enter during the day and create a picture of the night sky. During the day a great artificial light in the centre of the sphere represents the daytime. Light represents Newton, lighting the knowledge of mankind.

IMPRESSIONS

It is a huge and very simple building. It hasn´t got any unnecessary decoration and it expresses its function. For me it’s gorgeous and well balanced.

Marta de Sevilla 3ºC

LA GEODE

La Geode is a mirror-finished geodesic dome that holds an Omnimax theatre in Parc de la Villette at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry) in the 19th arrondissement of Paris,

La Géode was designed by architect Adrien Fainsilber and engineer Gérard Chamayou. The geodesic dome is 36 metres (118 ft) in diameter, composed of 6,433 polished stainless steel equilateral triangles that form the sphere that reflects the sky. It stands on a reinforced concrete based, which is attached to Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, the largest science museum in Europe. La Géode officially opened on May 6, 1985. After a similar venue located in La Défense closed in 2001, La Géode became the only spherical building in the Île-de-France region of France. It cost 130 million French francs to build.

Before the name "Géode" was selected, other names were proposed, including humorous suggestions such as "Bouboule", "Irma", "Minouchette", "Double Zéro", and "Zézette".

Theatre

Movies are projected in IMAX format on a giant hemispherical screen that covers 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft). The auditorium is fitted with a 12 point sound system with four large subwoofers that deliver 210,000 watts in surround sound designed by Cabasse. The IMAX films, presented in high definition and Géode 3D-relief, feature science, nature, and travel documentaries, short and long feature-length films, and high definition animated subjects. It also presents satellite concert events, including live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera from New York City.

See also

·Parc de la Villette

·Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, City of Science and Industry, the largest science museum in Europe

·Cité de la musique, City of Music, an interactive museum of historical musical instruments and a concert hall

·Le Zénith, a concert arena in Parc de la Villette

 

ADRIEN FAINSILBER

Adrien Fainsilber born in 1932 in Nouvion in Thiérache is an architect and urban planner Frence

Biography 

Graduated in 1960 at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris , Adrien Fainsilber worked at the agency landscape architect Hideo Sasaki , atCambridge , in Massachusetts .

Back in France, he is responsible for studies at the Institute of development and urban planning in the Paris Region (IAURP) and he participates in the first implementation of the Master Plan for the Île-de-France region .

He founded his agency in 1970 after winning the competition for the university town Villetaneuse (competition won in association with Hogna Sigurdardottir-Anspach).

He won the National Grand Prize for Architecture in 1986 .

In 1992 , he founded a limited liability company with seven partners, AFA architecture firm (Adrien Fainsilber and Associates), now "AFA Workshops" whose offices are located rue Barrault in Paris .

Achievements 

·1970 Paris-Nord University , literary and legal center, Villetaneuse - 42 805 m 2

·1974 442 HLM housing / ILM - Salvador-Allende City, Villetaneuse - 39 669 m 2

·1975 University of Technology of Compiègne - 17,000 m 2 to 1975

·1975 Deutsches Institut Polytechnique of the University of Paris Nord , Villetaneuse - 41 000 m 2

·1975 Medical House, Magnanville - 230 m 2

·LIMHP 1977 CNRS - Laboratory of molecular interactions and high pressures, Villetaneuse - 2500 m 2

·1978 Youth Club workers - 120 rooms Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - 2363 m 2

·1980 Edouard Manet Nursery School, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - 1066 m 2

·1980 274 public housing units, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

·1981 Centre EDF / GDF, Paris La Défense - 33000 m 2

·1981 Hospital of Evry - 37 156 m 2

·1983 72 PLA housing - ZAC du Canal, Evry - 6732 m 2

·1985-1986 Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie and La Geode in Paris - 165 000 m 2

·1987 Administration Center, CSI La Villette - 8627 m 2

·1990 Lycée Philibert Delorme, L'Isle-d'Abeau - 13 000 m 2

·1991 Wastewater Treatment Plant Valenton (Phase 1) SIAAP - 18,000 m 2

·1991 Persons Aged Visitor Centre - CHU Kremlin Bicetre - 15 377 m 2

·1992 Business Center Pont de Bercy, Paris - 12 000 m 2

·1992 Block Medical and Surgical - Hospital of Vichy - 4000 m 2

·1992 Museum of Art Roger-Quilliot of Clermont-Ferrand - 6698 m 2

·1994 New City Hall of La Flèche - Restructured: 959 m 2 - New: 1825 m 2

·1994-1996 Headquarters UNEDIC , Paris - 17 524 m 2

·1995 129 homes in Bagneux - PC and PLA - 27 812 m 2

·1995 163 student housing, Montpellier - 9793 m 2

·63 apartments in 1996, the Academy Park, Montpellier - 6721 m 2

·1996 85 public housing units, block G Faluche, Montpellier - 6355 m 2

·1996 incineration plant for household waste at Rennes - 5088 m 2

·1997 National School of application of territorial frameworks, Montpellier - 4043 m 2

·1998 Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Strasbourg - 14 000 m 2.

·1996-1999 The mutual Institute Montsouris - Paris 16th.

·1998 CHU Purpan Children Hospital of the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse - 23 200 m 2 to 1,998

·2000 60 apartments, terraces Marianne, Montpellier - 6000 m 2

·2001 Courthouse of Avignon - 11 000 m 2.

·2001 Office building, Altadis, Paris 75013-15 500m 2-2001

·2002 Municipal Library of the Alcazar in Marseille - 21 000 m 2.

·2002 Richter Etoile, Place Ernest Granier, Montpellier - 12 700 m 2 of office

·2003-2007 Woman-Mother-Child Hospital in Bron , HFME - 64 000 m 2

·2003 Faculty Medicine-Pharmacy in Besançon - 6000 m 2

·2004 Expansion of the wastewater treatment plant of Valenton ( SIAAP ) - 30 876 m 2

·2004-2007 Juvenile Prison Establishment , 4 institutions: in Toulouse, Mantes-la-Jolie, Nantes and Marseille - 5400 m 2 per site

MATERIALS

It is 36 metres of diameter, it’s made up of 6.433 equilateral triangles made up of steel that reflects light like a mirror.

OPINION

I like this building because is very big and modern, it’s very cool, and I wish I could have it near here. It’s very beautiful too, I like it because it reflects light like a mirror.

IT IS USED TO

Watch films. Films are projected in a 1.000m2 screen. Films projected there, last less than a hour.

Saúl Casta and Ariane Álvarez