Geodesic dome

Geodesic domes are constructions of spherical domes with a substructure of triangles.

History

The first modern example of a geodesic dome was invented by Walther Bauersfeld and opened in 1926 Planetarium Jena Carl - Zeiss works. Buckminster Fuller developed the technology of geodesic domes, from the 1940s on and used it for the first time the term " Geodesic ". Width attention learned the Fuller dome Biosphere, which was shown at Expo 67 in Montreal as U.S. Pavilion. In the architecture of American hippies were geodesic domes made of wood a popular construction method.

Benefits

Geodesic domes are characterized by their high stability ( earthquakes ), and her favorable ratio of material to volume of. As habitat they offer advantages that present themselves through sound distribution and air circulation. The spherical shape also allows a constant exposure to the sun throughout the day as well as the ability to distribute window at will. Made of metal tubes with flattened ends can be screwed relatively easily a geodesic tent.

Construction

A geodesic dome is a convex irregular polyhedron. Hence, in geodesic domes of the Euler Polyedersatz:

Most dodecahedron or icosahedron are geometrically transformed for geodesic domes, which are defined by pentagons and triangles, respectively. However, it is possible to convert all the Platonic solids or any Polyedergeometrie in geodesic structures by appropriate subdivision into triangles.

Geodesic sphere and dual body

The breaking and dividing the links or a procedure that is called Richard Buckminster Fuller Jitterbug transformation, resulting in the higher frequency geodesic forms. The subdivision is to be noted that all vertices best on the surface of a sphere (or an ellipsoid ) are.