Heidulf Gerngross Since I discovered a new geometrical form in Vienna, I have wanted to
eat it. This was in 1989. The form was born as a design for a Tea Table in a Viennese residence. The width B is its radius R, its depth T is the golden
section of R or B. Its surface is R²ϕ. Its circumference is 2Rπ/3 + 2Rϕ. I called the new geometric form
“Archiquant”, an architectural particle, a message from Vienna to the world for human measurement and proportion. Through the everlasting
presence of the irrational π and ϕ as natural constants, the Archiquant radiates familiarity. The Archiquant is a benchmark, it is the right angle of the
21st Century and he should be eaten, especially when spiced in a Japanese way. |