Geodesic Domes

Location

University of the West of England, UK

Position

Visiting Lecturer

Dates

October 2005 – January 2006

Project :

The brief for this second year module for students on the architecture degree was to create a geodesic dome that would form a reading-space within an exhibition at the Arnolfini Art Gallery, Bristol, of art from Black Mountain college where Buckminster Fuller taught.

My Role :

  • Give an inspirational lecture to all the University’s architectural students to help kick-start the module
  • Provide help with generating the setting-out geometry for various geodesic solutions
  • Give advice on the merits of the students’ proposed solutions from a structural engineering and construction point of view