Geodesic dome

Domed City Pros and Cons The idea of “domed cities” has been roaming around since the 1960s and is still being discussed today. Since this idea has only been thought of and not done, “domed cities” are not in everyone’s mind, but now Dubai and other countries have been making plans and begun building the “domed city,” it is a topic most are viewing from two different angles. The topic of a “domed city” is controversial because of its ability to make others think deeper than most topics. The…

Autonomous House 1, which the Vales produced as a conceptual design in the 1970s and later built in the 1990s, is based on sustainable ideals. Brenda and Robert Vale collected data that resulted in the design, and later construction, of Autonomous House 1, which could accommodate a family of four. The structure occupies a one-acre plot of land and the most valuable features include its materials, which result in the structure being well-insulated through its building skin, having a low rate of…

Montreal, Canada’s largest city at the time, to experience the year-long fairs that remains one of the greatest birthday parties in history. 120 countries were represented at the fair with 53 pavilions, and highlights included the gigantic U.S. geodesic dome, the inverted pyramid Canadian pavilion, and the large soviet structure. Over 50 million visitors attended this event, and almost all of them were impressed by the architecture and technology. By bringing Canadians together for the first…

In September of 1985 Kroto, Heath, O’Brien, Curl, and Smalley were investigating sources of the long carbon chain molecules in the interstellar medium and how they might be related to soot formation.1 Smalley developed a laser vaporization cluster beam apparatus that allowed for the mass-spectrometric study of stable clusters formed in a helium-entrained plasma produced by a pulse of laser aimed on at a solid target.2 This experimental technique was a very important discovery to cluster science…

The first nod towards the Design Village is in an article titled, “Geodesic Dome Moved,” which talks about students moving the Geodesic Dome (which is still there today) to Poly Canyon to be converted into a seminar pavillion. With the intended conversion to a seminar pavillion, one can draw a simple conclusion; the land over in Poly Canyon was not originally…

remember a simple day in third grade during recess. Simpe for other, but vital for me. The playground -- a heaven for my friends and I. While at least at that time it seemed like a heaven. Miles filled of perfect green, swings, basketball courts and geodesic domes. An abundances of kids bustling all over the place. A few teachers monitoring any disturbances like a hungry lion watches his prey before dinner. The midday sun brightly glares at my eyes forcing us to keep only ⅙ of our eyes open.…

mold its style. Also, one of the most important architectural features this building displays is its massive spiralling design that makes the building even more unique. This building has been described as a grey blob, but it's more of a slanted dome with some interesting features inside. The outside of this building is completely covered in windows and has a sort of layed, scaly look for the texture. It’s a big round ten story high building but with the circular design and transparency of…

Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the geodesic dome, said,“We define ourselves by the space with which we surround ourselves,” and I can relate this to visiting Disney World. At Disney World, creativity and hard work are showcased at their finest, and by example, I have come to view myself as hardworking…

During those moments he had traveled back to the time when he was taken to planet Tralfamadore and was displayed in a zoo; he felt at that time contented. In the novel is states,” He was forty-four years old, on display under a geodesic dome. He was… naked. The tralfamadorians were interested in his body-all of it” (111).The tralfamadorians wanted to see all of him, his good and bad qualities. The Tralfamadorians asked him, “ Are you happy?” (113) and Billy responded,” About as happy…

"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate. Someone had drawn a jog in the line for the school district, and we wound up in school with the rich kids. We…