HECTOR GUIMARD'S SURFACE
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HECTOR GUIMARD'S SURFACE
| Hector Guimard (1867 - 1942): French architect and decorator. |
Cartesian parametrization:  .
Union of the lines (M(v) N(v)), with |
Hector Guimard's surface is the ruled surface union of the lines indicated above, when the point M has a linear sinusoidal movement and the point N a circular sinusoidal movement with two arches, and is therefore describing the pancake curve.
View showing the various segment lines [MN]
The back of the circular part of this canopy of the Parisian underground, due to Hector Guimard, is a portion of Guimard's surface.
The interest of this roof is to obtain a central gutter.
See also Gaudi's surface.
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© Robert FERRÉOL, Jacques MANDONNET 2017
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