Girih Geometry: Mathematics With Soul

Real luxury isn't gold.

It is order.

What I call Girih geometry is order that feels like infinity.

It is formed by star and polygon patterns used across Islamic architecture: facades, vaults, screens, tiles.

That's basically computational thinking centuries before computers.

So next time, when you see a pattern, don't call it decoration.

Call it architecture doing mathematics with soul.

By Roy Boustani

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