We recognised that architecture, and
design in the broadest sense, was critically dependent on
geometry, but that a complete geometric tradition of the
understanding of descriptive and construct geometry was
being lost through lack of use in a bland planar and
orthogonal minimalism or, indeed, through misuse by being
excessively indulged at the “hyper” fringes of design. Against
this background, the objective of the SmartGeometry Group
was to reassert an understanding of geometry in design as
more than an “experiential commodity”. Rather than being
wilful and arbitrary, even the most complex geometry could
provide a formal resolution of competing forces and
requirements. It could suggest and resolve both