Richard Buckminster Fuller Bucky

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• Richard Buckminster Fuller (Bucky)
• source http//www.bfi.org/

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Source Baldwin, J. Bucky Works Buckminster
Fullers Ideas for Today. Toronto Wiley, 1996
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source http//www.bfi.org/
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Source Baldwin, J. Bucky Works Buckminster
Fullers Ideas for Today. Toronto Wiley, 1996
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source http//www.bfi.org/
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maritime engineering and navigation influence

• masts and rigging, self-sufficiency, energy
  production utilization-4-D Towers/10 Deck
  Building lightweight concepts of time and space,
  energy production, utilization and
  self-sufficiency motifs and images in his
  designs are reminiscent of ships and rigging.

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Prefabricated mass produced

• prefabrication, mass production, machine
  aesthetic-Dymaxion Deployment Units corrugated
  metal grain-storage bins to make single and
  double circular units, 1st design to be mass
  produced, wartime buildings hospitals, radar
  stns

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airplane industry influence

• masts and rigging Dymaxion House,
  hexagonal/circular-roof and main floor suspended
  from central mast-duralumin, fabricated by
  airplane industry/techniques-Beech Aircraft
  Corporation, Wichita factory, thus the name
  "Wichita House

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Bathrooms

• Worried by the poor sanitation, inefficiency, and
  high cost of bathrooms, Bucky came up with a
  solution in 1936 the Dymaxion bathroom-a
  prefabricated pressed metal combined unit.

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Tension vs Compression

• tension vs compression-1920-30's one of several
  architects/designers interested more in the use
  of tension over compression such as suspension
  bridgesmodern b/c a) new structural technique
  b) antithesis of monumental, compressive,
  historical architecture

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Tension Integrity Tensegrity

• Systems combining tensioned cables and
  compression struts are sometimes referred to as
  tensegrity structures
• expressionist character, minimal nature convey
  qualities of freedom, adaptability, lightness
  conflict with underlying values formal ordering
  of classicism
• preferred tensile over compressive strength of
  materials energetic forces, more economical use
  of materials over mass required for structures
  based on compressive strength was wasteful

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http//www.olats.org/pionniers/pp/buckminster/biog
raphyBuckminster.shtml
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www.alamedainfo.com
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www.danasresort.com
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www.bfi.org
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www.seegranvilleisland.com
www.mitacs.math.ca
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Problems with Geodesic Domes

• Difficult to build to code (expensive)
• Moisture distribution, shifted joints, leaks

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Problems with Geodesic Domes

• Very noisy sounds bounce throughout the building
• Wasted space when fitting rectangular furniture
  into a totally round space
• Like fitting a square peg into a round hole

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Hence

• We suggest a building inspired by Buckminster
  Fullers innovative style but tailored to the
  particular needs of our library

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