World's first geodesic dome ?Submitted by Linton on Fri, 2007-11-30 03:02.
See www.physics.princeton.edu/ trothman/domes.html The article refers to the Zeiss Optical Company building a geodesic dome after WW1, included is a German patent dated 1922. Does any body know the details of this ? Did Bucky invent the geodesic dome ?
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Linton
>Apart from the Zeiss dome, were there any geodesic domes >built before Bucky exploited the concept ?
People have been making various polyhedrons, for example rattan balls, for a very long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepak_Takraw
Ratan Ball
>Are there any details on Bauersfeld's work leading to the invention of the geodesic dome ? and
Here is a page which has a link to Yunn Chii Wong's thesis on Bucky and architecture. It's a large file(185meg) but you'll find practically anything you want to know about geodesic domes in it.
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/9512
Wong on Bucky
>Is the Zeiss dome still in place ?
No.
Good luck
Thanks Dick,
Apart from the Zeiss dome, were there any geodesic domes built before Bucky exploited the concept ?
Are there any details on Bauersfeld's work leading to the invention of the geodesic dome ? and
Is there any references to Bucky associating with Bauersfeld ?
Is the Zeiss dome still in place ?
It is a pity I did not know of the Zeiss dome, as I would have tried to find it on my recent trip to Germany. As it happened, after finding the dome crowning Salvador Dali's Theatre Museum in Figures ( Spain ) my trip became a bit of a dome hunt - finding 12 during my 7,700km road trip. I only went looking for 2 specific domes after Figures - so finding many more was quite a delight - 3 of them were at military bases and so my requests to have a closer look were not successful.
See:
Fearnley FAQ
http://www.cjfearnley.com/fuller-faq-4.html#ss4.4