From MAILER-DAEMON@netaxs.com Tue Oct 24 20:56:54 1995 Received: from UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu [128.205.2.1]) by access.netaxs.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id UAA17442 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 20:56:54 -0400 Message-Id: <199510250056.UAA17442@access.netaxs.com> Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU by UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 5500; Tue, 24 Oct 95 20:53:51 EDT Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UBVM) by UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0572; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 16:35:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 16:34:48 -0400 From: "L-Soft list server at UBVM (1.8b)" Subject: File: "GEODESIC LOG9505" To: "Christopher J. Fearnley" Status: RO ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:52:05 GMT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Ken Halstead -- Symbolic Systems Organization: K. Halstead at Symbolic Systems : symbolic@vnet.net Subject: Re: American Ingenuity Domes???? Dr tee (drtee@aol.com) wrote: : I am currently considering building a dome supplied by American Ingenuity. : Its 7 inches of foam covered with a concrete, mesh, and high-tech fibre. : There is supposed to be a R-28 in the exterior. : Anyone have comments or news about this company or their products. I plan : to build in the fall, but would like to know if theres a chance that I : will be stuck like those who bought from Monterey Domes. : Thanks in advance. : Wm. W. Thompson : La Feria, TX : wwt6b75@panam.edu or dr tee@aol.com We ALMOST bought an American Ingenuity dome but after some study, decided to build a more conventional 2 X 6 #1 SYP shell. AI seems to be a good company with a good product -- but we had sufficient concerns about the materials and construction methods that we opted, instead, for a wooden shell. Some of our concerns were : 1) Length of time required to erect a concrete dome: We contacted 10 people around the country who had built AI domes. The range of time for constructing and pouring the shell was 6 weeks to 9 months. The erection time for the wooden shell that we constructed was 3 days. 2) Potential for cracks forming in the concrete: While the AI method includes addition of polymer "balls" to the mixture, we were not convinced that this would supply enough elasticity to prevent cracking. Dome shells DO move in a dynamic way with expansion and contraction due to natural heating and cooling. Some of the people that we polled had experienced some cracking and leaks. 3) Potential for rapid emmission of toxic gasses during burning of the rigid styrofoam panels. I have no chemistry to back this up -- it is just a suspicion and a fear. In the wooden home we are now building, we will also avoid the use of rigid insulation, if at all possible. 4) Difficulty integrating TRADITIONAL interior construction methods with the concrete/styrofoam materials in the shell. With this concern, it was not clear to us how to effectively connect interior walls to the foam or concrete parts of the shell. As a matter of fact, AI does discuss a method for doing this, but we felt that it limited our freedom to alter the floor plan as we saw it evolve. (My wife and I are artists and are making it up as we go along). I was not comfortable with the AI solution for attaching drywall (I believe it suggested using an adhesive to attach small metal "dots" onto the foam to "catch" the drywall screws. I was not convinced of the sufficiency of this method. 5) Direction of the overall "aesthetic": This is a very subjective concern -- we noted that the materials for the concrete domes established a very strong "look and feel" created by the materials themselves. After visiting an AI dome in Columbia SC, we decided that this look was not what we were after. We have constructed a wooden shell with brick facing and stucco on the cupola and dormers. We feel that this is much more in the vernacular of our setting. The overall design of our home is what I call english-modern-tudor and it works with the farm. Please understand, I am in no way trying to downplay the quality of American Ingenuity or their product. We spent four months talking with this company and were seriously considering their dome. They were always courteous and very helpful. For those who wish to invest the effort, I believe that they provide a quality product. However, for the reasons stated above, we just didn't feel it was for us. Keep my email address -- if I can be of any further assistance, I'd be happy to do so. I cannot speak much more for the concrete construction methods, however, if you opt for more conventional wooden method our experiences with building our home might help. I will leave you with this one consideration: whatever method of construction that you choose, I would strongly suggest including in your design a MINIMUM two-foot extension on EACH of the 5 natural openings. In my opinion (from constructing various dome models and observing several constructed dome homes), opening extension are essential for support and absorption of the shear stress placed on the riser walls. ken halstead SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS symbolic@vnet.net -- ============================================================== The Designers' Network 2400 - 14,000 8N1 24HRS 704.843.6923 ============================================================== ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 00:15:00 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: jfischer Subject: Re: EPCOT >Disney 'Spaceship Earth' sphere... Interesting things about that dome at Epcot: 1) It was built before the adpotion of AT&T's "death star" logo (the globe symbol was called the "death star" by those of us who did our science at Bell Labs, for reasons that should be obvious to all.) 2) No matter what the sun angle, no matter what your viewing angle, the dome reflects the ambient light to resemble the AT&T "death star" symbol. (Check it out: Any photo will do - compare it to the AT&T logos on TV) 3) It was created to remind the visitor of the World's Fair pavilions, and hence, stress the (claimed) "international" flavor of Epcot. 4) Since the "castle" structure was the symbol of both Disney Land and Disney World, they used images of the dome as the defacto symbol for Epcot. 5) A small plaque would have done it, but no mention is made of Bucky anywhere. Disney never gives credit where credit is due... 6) It contains a very plush AT&T conference room built near the top (nice view) and (at least in the mid 80's) a complete inventory of equipment for demos and such. 7) I went out of my way to hold meetings at Epcot, 'cause when we were done, we could all leave by the back door, and go ride space mountain, et al for free! Overall, this was one of the best Bell Labs bennies for employees in the Southeastern Region... 8) Therefore, if not for Bucky, we would have had to PAY to get into Disney World. ----Information SuperHighway - It's Not Just a Buzzword, It's TWO Buzzwords! ------ ______________ /\ ___________\ This writer's statements are definitive. \ \ \________ / Recent findings in physics have proven the \ \ \ / / / universe to be inherently random. If this \ \ \ / / / writer's statements conflict with reality, \ \ \/ / / this may well be due to the inherently \ \/ / / random nature of reality itself, rather James \ / / than any error on the part of the author. Fischer\/_/ jfischer@inmind.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 16:00:06 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Ed Applewhite Subject: Re: Shoji Sadao Fuller & Sadao, PC 32-37 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City NY 11106 (718) 278-1954 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 17:47:29 -0400 Reply-To: B Cazador Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: B Cazador Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Shoji Sadao I just checked Raleigh phone book, no listing sorry ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 17:28:52 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: Shoji Sadao In-Reply-To: ; from "Ed Applewhite" at May 1, 95 4:00 pm Ed Applewhite writes: > > Fuller & Sadao, PC > 32-37 Vernon Boulevard > Long Island City NY 11106 > > (718) 278-1954 > .- > Ed, I'm just curious; do you happen to know what the "PC" stands for? I've always wondered. Joe PS: Do they have an E-mail address? > -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 19:19:05 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: GEOSCOPE PROJECT X-cc: bobhilt@eskimo.com Bob Hiltner, I found some information regarding "The Geosphere (tm) Project": Tom Van Sant, Santa Monica, Calif (Business Week, 5-11-92, page 67) Poster (24 x 36") available for $18;800-845-1522 (Motorland/CSAA,5/6-92,p55) -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 00:28:01 -0400 Reply-To: Jgoring Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Jgoring Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: High-Frequency Geodesic Dome (actually sphere) JPEG's (using POV-Ray) Hi.. read your note on ray tracing domes created with GNU's dome program.... wher can I get the program? I'm an architect, and need to get 3d cad models of geodesic domes or spheres, and am getting to be at wits end. will bop over to netscape to search for gnu and domes and all.. but any specific help would be appreciated. thanks -Jim Goring, William Turnbull ASsociates ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 02:20:17 +0100 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Tom Fechtner Subject: Tensegrity structures Hi, we are a group of research students at the Architectural Association in London and are planning to do a project on tensegrity structures. Do you have any information on software that could handle the structural system and stress analysis of random tensegrity structures like the ones Kenneth Snelson did in the 1960=B4s? Probably there is some software that ca= n handle the graphics bit that could be used for that purpose. We are trying to devellop a software that is capable of constructing random tensegrity structures on it=B4s own, driven by genetic algorithms. Do you have any comments about that? Tom ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 06:55:19 -0700 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Bob Hiltner Subject: Re: GEOSCOPE PROJECT X-To: Joe Moore In-Reply-To: <199505020219.TAA27803@mail2.netcom.com> On Mon, 1 May 1995, Joe Moore wrote: > I found some information regarding "The Geosphere (tm) Project": > > Tom Van Sant, Santa Monica, Calif (Business Week, 5-11-92, page 67) > > Poster (24 x 36") available for $18;800-845-1522 (Motorland/CSAA,5/6-92,p55) > Yes, and my Web Crawler search turned up: "http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geospher.html", which was a very nice introduction to the project, including low-res versions of the cloudless map. --b ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 08:55:57 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: GEOSCOPE PROJECT In-Reply-To: ; from "Bob Hiltner" at May 2, 95 6:55 am Bob Hiltner writes: > > On Mon, 1 May 1995, Joe Moore wrote: > > I found some information regarding "The Geosphere (tm) Project": > > > > Tom Van Sant, Santa Monica, Calif (Business Week, 5-11-92, page 67) > > > > Poster (24 x 36") available for $18;800-845-1522 (Motorland/CSAA,5/6-92,p55) > > > > Yes, and my Web Crawler search turned up: > "http://infolane.com/infolane/geosphere/geospher.html", which was a very > nice introduction to the project, including low-res versions of the > cloudless map. > > --b > .- > I also found a ibm-pc program called "Geoscope" developed by the Canadian Space Agency (see Popular Science, Nov.1993, page 47). Released in Oct '93 on 2 CD-ROMs; contains "huge array of high-resolution color satellite charts"; also hypertext scenarios on various subjects; new data every 9 months. Joe -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 13:34:01 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Ed Applewhite Subject: Re: Shoji Sadao PC = professional corporation Shoji says he barely has time to keep up with phone & fax. Therefore no e-mail. Regards Ed ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 15:42:42 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: QUARK MODELS X-To: Synergetics List QUARK MODELS by Joe S. Moore R. Buckminster Fuller discovered that the minimum shape that will compound with itself to fill all space is an irregular tetrahedron which he called the "MiTe" (minimum tetrahedron). And since energy as matter must have some kind of shape, and the minimum "thing" or shape (system) is a tetrahedron, Fuller's mite must be what the atomic physicists call a "quark"! All systems must have certain basic properties: 1) Clockwise or counterclockwise rotation or spin; 2) Opposite poles (with north either "up" or "down"; 3) Various volumes or energy contents (+ and - charges) 4) An inside and an outside; In addition, tetrahedra have the unique property of being able to easily turn themselves inside out to display eight (8) different faces. Therefore, in light of all of the above, it is possible to construct a quark chart listing all the various combinations of the above properties. This chart predicts a total of thirty-two (32) basic quarks (8 families, not 6) plus thirty-two inside-out versions (antiquarks) for a total of sixty-four (64) quarks. See: 'Synergetics' by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1975, pages 101, 535-9, 804-6. 'Synergetics II' by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1979, pages 263, 416. -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 16:54:32 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: GEODESIC MATH CONTENTS OF 'GEODESIC MATH AND HOW TO USE IT' BY HUGH KENNER, 1976 WHAT THIS BOOK IS A. PART I: TENSEGRITY 1. Weight vs. Tension a. Introduction b. Appendix: Tensegrity Prisms 2. Spherical Tensegrities a. Introduction b. Equilibrium c. Elasticity Multiplication 3. Complex Spherical Tensegrities a. Great Circle Tensegrities b. Dip-Angle Calclations c. Calculation of Remaining Dimensions d. Appendix: Derivation of Tensegrity-Sphere Equations 4. Tendon System Minima a. Introduction b. 6-Strut Tendon Minima 5. Geodesic Subdivision 6. Rigid Tensegrities a. Introduction b. Numerical Example B. PART II: GEODESICS 1. Great Circles a. Introduction b. Great-Circle Systems c. Octahedral and Tetrahedral Great Circles 2. Symmetry Systems a. Introduction b. Envelope Contours 3. The Spherical-Coordinate System 4. Breakdown Systems a. Class I (Alternate) b. Class II (Triacon) c. Which Class? d. Which Frequency? 5. Choosing a Polyhedron a. Introduction b. Other Criteria 6. Using the Tables a. Introduction b. Planning the Work: Class I c. Accuracy d. Class II e. Appendix: Derivation of the Coordinates 7. Ellipses and Superellipses a. Introduction b. Octahedral Ellipsoids c. Icosahedral Ellipsoids d. Modifying Coordinates e. Superspheroids f. Varying two Radii g. Free Forms 8. Truncations a. Introduction b. Truncation by Rotation c. Novel Truncation Planes d. Zenith Altitude and Floor Radius 9. An Advanced Problem a. Introduction b. Quartering the Icosa c. Writing the Coordinates d. Rotating the Coordinate System e. Tabulating the Radii f. Chord Factors g. Truncation 10. Space Frames a. Introduction b. Diamond Patterns c. Trussed Frames 11. About Angles a. Axial Angles b. Face Angles c. Dihedral Angles C. PART III: DATA 1. Class I Octahedral Coordinates a. Frequencies 12, 6, 3 b. Frequencies 8, 4, 2 c. Frequencies 10, 5, 2 2. Class II Method 1 Octahedral Coordinates a. Frequencies 16, 8, 4 b. Frequencies 12, 6 3. Class I Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates a. Frequencies 10, 5 b. Frequencies 8, 4, 2 c. Frequencies 6, 3 4. Class II Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates a. Frequencies 12, 6 b. Frequencies 8, 4, 2 5. Tetrahedral Coordinates a. Frequencies 12, 6, 3 b. Frequencies 16, 8, 4 c. Frequencies 16, 8 d. Frequencies 12, 6 6. Class II Method 3 Coordinates and Chord Factors a. Icosa Frequencies 16, 8, 4 b. Icosa Frequencies 12, 6 c. Octa Frequencies 16, 8, 4 d. Octa Frequencies 12, 6 e. Tetra Frequencies 16, 8 f. Icosa Chord Factors g. Octa Chord Factors h. Tetra Chord Factors D. APPENDICES 1. Writing Class II Method 3 Coordinates 2. Calculator Routines (12) 3. HP-65 Programs (11) (NO INDEX) -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 22:20:19 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: DESIGN SCIENCE PRIMER CONTENTS:'ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN SCIENCE PRIMER'BY H.BROWN, R.COOK & M.GABEL,'78 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE FORWORD A. INTRODUCTION 1. Overview 2. Conceptual Tools a. Starting with Whole Systems b. Systems and Environments c. Universe d. Humanity's Function in Universe e. Generalized Principles f. Spaceship Earth g. External Metabolic System h. Doing More with Less i. Wealth j. Trim-Tab k. Making Visible the Invisible l. The Design Initiative m. Fuller's Forty Questions B. METHODOLOGY 1. Design Science Planning Process 2. Choose Problem Situation 3. Define the Problems 4. Define the Preferred State 5. Describe the Present State 6. Inventory Alternatives 7. Develop Evaluation Criteria 8. Design the Preferred System 9. Develop Implementation Strategies 10. Document the Process 11. Take the Initiative 12. Beginning Again and the Educational Process 13. Design Science Planning Tools C. REFERENCES 1. Origins of Design Science 2. Measures and Conversions 3. World Population Data 4. Data Section a. Natural Resource Data b. Kilowatt Ratings of Appliances c. Energy Data d. Energy/Food Data e. U.S. Energy/Material Use in Construction f. U.S. Energy Use in Transportation g. Energy/Waste Recycling h. Energy Content/Packaging and Trash i. New Production vs. Recycling D. DESIGN SCIENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY BY ROBERT KAHN, EDITOR 1. Introduction 2. Section I: Biological, Physical and Meta Sciences 3. Section II: Human and Technological Systems 4. Section III: Human Thought and Values 5. Periodical Listing 6. The Buckminster Fuller List a. Section 1: Books by Buckminster Fuller b. Section 2: Books about Buckminster Fuller GLOSSARY PRIMER FEEDBACK/EVALUATION (NO INDEX) -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 19:47:54 GMT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Kirby Urner Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Subject: Re: GNU DOME 3.50 Available for FTP The rb_gall.html file is a hypertext web page, to be viewed with Mac web browser. The zip file contains an executable suitable for DOS machines only, but does have C language source code for those who would brave the porting process. Unzip for the Mac exists, but not sure where to find it (possibly an Archie search would get it for you?). Kirby Web Site Manager Synergetics on the Web >>Version 3.50 of the GNU DOME program is now available for FTP. The program >>can be downloaded via FTP.teleport.com in the /pub/users/pdx4d/bin directory >>and is called dome350.zip. Users having Web access can find it by going to >>page: >> >>http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/rb_gall.html > >Rick, > >Was this supposed to be opened with a Macintosh? >I seem to need help in "unzipping" the file. >Thanks > >Chuck Stoffregen >Computer Teacher ------------------------------------------------------------ Kirby Urner & Dawn Wicca "All realities are virtual" -- KU Email: pdx4d@teleport.com Web: on Fuller and Synergetics. Anyone have more recent info on what's happening > with this project? Details on what will be in the CD, and when it might > be available? Who is actually working on the project, etc, etc? > > > -- > > JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 > 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 > CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. > Believe it or not Joe, you have been contributing to the CD I am developing. In fact I need to get the latest versions of your databases and other materials. Are they at an FTP site? I have been buried in the development lab putting all the pieces together. I must say I am quite impressed by what has been contributed to the WEB resources recently, particularly Richard Hawkins Quicktime files and all the POV graphics. It is an honor to be associated with such talented people. I will post more when I have more to post. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 19:23:58 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Blaine DAmico Subject: Re: WORLD GAME ON CD In-Reply-To: <199504250316.XAA15932@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> Alright, this is very good news. Any idea on release date? On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, Joe Moore wrote: > Last Sunday morning (4-24-95) I talked with the World Game Institute's West > Coast Representative, Chuck Dingee, by way of the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). > He indicated that the WGI has contracted with Microsoft to produce and market > the World Game on a CD. > > He can be reached at: P.O.Box 2681, Bellingham, WA 98227; 206-647-5106 > > and: http://www.pacificrim.net/~wginwrep/WorldGame/WGI.html > > The World Game Institute is at: xtm00002@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu > > -- > > JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 > 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 > CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 21:13:01 -0500 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Chuck Stoffregen Subject: Syenergetics Books X-To: Synergetics@teleport.com A funny thing happend to me while brousing a Madison, WI used bookstore. I came across a well preserved hard cover copy of "Synergetics 1" for only $20.00, as well as other books by Bucky at reasonable prices. Of course I scarfed it up, but now I have two copies. My original copy had a worn paper cover, which I tried to re-cover with a heavy card stock and simulated brown leather cover. The original cover was pretty stressed, as it was all the hard cover was attached. I took it to a couple of binders, who wanted $30.00 to cover it. Needless to say, I am unable to divert any money in that direction (my wife thinks that I've already spent too much money on R. B. Fuller books as it is.) If you need a copy, I would be willing to part with the slightly imperfectly bound book, as is. Later that same day I located a copy of "Synergetics 2", but they wanted $60.00 for it. I am going to see if I can negotiate a lower price from the store's manager, but I want that book, too. Originally, I thought that it would be impossible to locate these volumes, though I am very happy to be wrong. Check out your own local used bookstore to see if you are able to locate published materials by and about R. Buckminister Fuller. These newsgroups are the perfect place to help each other locate them. I do not advocate using the newsgroups as sales tools for retailers, but persons wanting the books could respond to persons posesssing them, via e-mail. I don't think we would be as successful locating "Domebooks" but you never know, Chuck Stoffregen Computer Teacher Madison Area Technical College cas1276@madison.tec.wi.us Synergy - Behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken seperately. R.B. Fuller ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 20:18:49 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Synergetics:Worlds of F.L.Wright & Bucky Fuller (fwd) Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD writes: > From desiree.teleport.com!teleport.com!synergetics-l-owner Thu May 4 13:13:57 1995 > Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 13:11:25 -0700 > Message-Id: <199505042011.NAA05088@netcom8.netcom.com> > X-Sender: jhs@netcom.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > To: synergetics-l@teleport.com > From: "Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD" > Subject: Synergetics: The Beautiful Worlds of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminst er Fuller > X-Mailer: > Sender: owner-synergetics-l@teleport.com > Precedence: list > Reply-To: synergetics-l@teleport.com > > Just got this via snail-mail: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Friends of Hollyhock House Continuing Education Series presents: > > The Beautiful Worlds of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller > > A discussion of areas of agreement and disagreement between the > two men of genius. > > > This lecture will be presented by George T.Potter, Ed.D., D.Litt; > Professor and President Emeritus of Ramapo College of New Jersey > and Active Member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. > > > > Wednesday, May 24, 1995 at 7:30pm > Gallery Theatre at Barnsdall Art Park > > Please RSVP to Ina by May 18 at > (213) 485-4581 > > The Hollyhock House and the Gallery Theatre are facilities of the City of > Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Anybody going there other than me and my wife ? > > For me it's just down the road - for most others on this list > it might be quite a long flight :) > > If there is interest I can write up how it was afterwards. > > Joachim > > P.S. OK to repost > > .- > -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 20:23:09 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: Synergetics: The Beautiful Worlds of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller X-To: synergetics-l@teleport.com In-Reply-To: <199505042011.NAA05088@netcom8.netcom.com>; from "Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD" at May 4, 95 1:11 pm Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD writes: > > Just got this via snail-mail: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Friends of Hollyhock House Continuing Education Series presents: > > The Beautiful Worlds of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller > > A discussion of areas of agreement and disagreement between the > two men of genius. > > This lecture will be presented by George T.Potter, Ed.D., D.Litt; > Professor and President Emeritus of Ramapo College of New Jersey > and Active Member of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. > > > Wednesday, May 24, 1995 at 7:30pm > Gallery Theatre at Barnsdall Art Park > > Please RSVP to Ina by May 18 at > (213) 485-4581 > > The Hollyhock House and the Gallery Theatre are facilities of the City of > Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Anybody going there other than me and my wife ? > > For me it's just down the road - for most others on this list > it might be quite a long flight :) > > If there is interest I can write up how it was afterwards. > > Joachim > > P.S. OK to repost > Yes. Would you please post a summary to both the Synergetics and Geodesic lists as most of us will probably not be able to attend. Thank you, Joe, -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 20:37:34 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: BUCKY CD In-Reply-To: ; from "Blaine DAmico" at May 4, 95 7:21 pm Blaine DAmico writes: > > On Mon, 3 Apr 1995, Joe Moore wrote: > > > Back on May 3, 1994, Blaine D'Amico mentioned that Ed applewhite had succeed ed > > in interesting the Voyager Co. in publishing an "expanded book" (multimedia) > > on Fuller and Synergetics. Anyone have more recent info on what's happening > > with this project? Details on what will be in the CD, and when it might > > be available? Who is actually working on the project, etc, etc? > > > > Believe it or not Joe, you have been contributing to the CD I am > developing. In fact I need to get the latest versions of your databases > and other materials. Are they at an FTP site? > > I have been buried in the development lab putting all the pieces > together. I must say I am quite impressed by what has been contributed > to the WEB resources recently, particularly Richard Hawkins Quicktime > files and all the POV graphics. It is an honor to be associated with > such talented people. > > I will post more when I have more to post. > Blaine, Both the Bucky Database and the 110 pics should be at switchboard.ftp.com in the Bucky drawer. The pics are in Amiga compressed format, though, but Kirby has software to convert them to JPEG. Please contact me if you have any questions. Joe, -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 18:59:29 GMT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Doug Munn - IDI Organization: Intermountain Digital Imaging Subject: Announce: $10.00 CD of Landsat Images - FREE Poster Offer * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HOT ITEM !!!!! A new CD-ROM filled with over 500 Landsat images from around the world is available for $10.00 until May 15th - $19.95 after that. Images include the Grand Canyon, Mississippi Floods, The Gulf War and Hurricane Andrew among many others. 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Salt Lake City, Utah Pasadena, California http://www.coresw.com * Intermountain Digital Imaging, LC * 275 East 200 South, Suite 15 * * Salt Lake City, UT 84111 * (800) 280-4030 - FAX (801) 355-4063 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 07:48:03 -0500 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Dan Steward Subject: Re: Synergetics:Worlds of F.L.Wright & Bucky Fuller (fwd) >Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD writes: [header ommitted] >> Just got this via snail-mail: >> Friends of Hollyhock House Continuing Education Series presents: >> The Beautiful Worlds of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller >> A discussion of areas of agreement and disagreement between the >> two men of genius. Will the Potter lecture be available in any written form? A transcript or synopsis would be very interesting for some of us who can't make it to LA. If you are going, Dr. Steingrubner, will you please ask about whether there is a test that might be posted for us? Thank you. Take care, Dan Steward "And to imagine a language means to imagine a form of life." (Wittgenstein, _Philosophical Investigations I_) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 18:52:41 GMT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: "Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD" Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Subject: Re: Synergetics:Worlds of F.L.Wright & Bucky Fuller (fwd) Dan Steward wrote: Dan wrote: >Will the Potter lecture be available in any written form? A transcript or >synopsis would be very interesting for some of us who can't make it to LA. >If you are going, Dr. Steingrubner, will you please ask about whether there >is a test that might be posted for us? Thank you. According to Ina from the Hollyhock House there will be another event at the BFI in Santa Barbara soon. No further info is available in the moment. For transcripts, I'll ask Dr.Potter himself at the event. (or does anyone know his e-mail ?) I will post my own observations (necessarily biased :) ) after the event... Joachim ************************************************************* ** Joachim H. Steingrubner, PhD - trans data international ** ** E-mail: jhs@netcom.com / J.Steingrubner@agora.stm.it ** ** Mosaic: http://www.primenet.com/~jhs/ CIS: 72640,1633 ** ************************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 17:28:10 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Marcia Blackburn Bertland Subject: Dymax House Update 5 May 1995 Hi All! I just spoke with Christian Overland, the project director for the restoration of the Wichita House at the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. They have run into restoration problems which have put off the reassembly of the house until 1998. Apparently, when the house was set (incorrectly) into a concrete and dirt foundation in Wichita, it caused corrosion which has required the invention of new preservation techniques to preserve the house. Christian told me something about what Fuller intended as the foundation which I find fascinating (and to which I have found no references). Apparently, the DDM was supposed to sit on a spring and pneumatic balloon system. Does anyone - Ed Applewhite maybe - know more about this? Christian will be giving a lecture on the DDM this Monday, May 8th at 6:30p.m. at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. I'm going to try to attend. If I go, I'll post a synopsis of the presentation. Is any one else going? - Marcia Marcia Blackburn Bertland bd81064@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 15:33:01 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: SYNERGETICS LIST ADDRESS X-To: Merlyn Paulson In-Reply-To: <9505051626.AA15342@haag.LA.ColoState.EDU>; from "Merlyn Paulson" at May 5, 95 10:26 am Merlyn Paulson writes: > > > Joe, > > Please forward to me the address for the > Synergetics list. > > Thanks, > > Merlyn Paulson, Prof. > Colorado State University > .- > To subscribe to the Synergetics list send the following message to majordomo@teleport.com (leave the "subject" line blank): subscribe synergetics-l (that's an "L") -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 15:36:23 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: BUCKY GLOSSARY THE R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER GLOSSARY by Joe S. Moore 4D: Referring to the 4th Dimension; Fuller's 1st Book, Self-Published '27 A. A-MODULE: 1/24 of a Regular Tetrahedron ACUTE ANGLE: Angle Less than 90 Degrees ADVANTAGE: Power of a Lever AGGREGATE: Clustered Group of Solids,not Necessarily Assembled in Regular Way ALLSPACE FILLING: A System that, when Repeated, Fills All Space ANGLE: Shape Resulting from the Intersection of 2 Lines or Surfaces ANGULAR TOPOLOGY:Description of Structure by Variation of Only Angle/Frequency APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY:Solutions Especially Applicable to Needs of Communities ARC: A Segment of a Curve AREA: The Face or Window of a System AXIS: Imaginary Line at Center of Rotating Object around which it Rotates B. B-MODULE: Result of Subtracting A-Module from 1/48 of Regular Octahedron BEHAVIOR: Aggregate Set of Responses of a System & its Environment BELIEF: Claim to Reality Personally Untested & Potentially Unfounded BETWEEN-NESS: The Property of Relationship Shared by Two Points BIOSPHERE: Sum Total of All the Ecosystems on the Planet BRAIN: Organ that Coordinates/Differentiates Info from Physical Senses BTU: British Thermal Unit;Energy Needed to Heat 1 lb Water 1 Degree F BUCKLING: Lateral Deflection; to Bend or Warp under an External Load C. CALORIE: Energy Needed to Heat 1 Gram of Water 1 Degree Centigrade CARRYING CAPACITY: Maximum Population that Given Ecosystem can Support CENTER: See Nucleus CHANGE: Movement from 1 Form, State or Phase to Another;Transform CHORD FACTOR: Math Ratio between the Radius & Edge Length of a Solid CIRCUMSCRIBED SPHERE: The Sphere that Passes through the Vertices of a Solid CLOSED SYSTEM: Where Energy but not Matter Exchanged Between it & Earth COMPOUND: A Combination of Regular Solids with a Common Center COMPLEMENTARITY: Necessary Coexistence,Inseparable Pairs; Unity is Plural COMPREHENSION: To Grasp Mentally all Connections of a Problem or Event COMPREHENSIVISM: Dedication to Perceiving Relationships Between all Areas COMPRESSION: Building Using Earthward Pressure CONCAVE: Curved toward the Observer, as Seen from the Inside CONCEPTION: Forming Mental Concepts, Plans & Thoughts CONCEPTS: Ideas Independent of Size CONVERGENCE: Coming Together Toward a Common Center CONVEX: Curved away from the Observer, as seen from the Outside CORNERS: The Vertices of a System COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: Comparing Present Value of Expected Benefits with Costs COUPLER: Semisymmetrical Octahedron = 16 A-Modules + 8 B-Modules CUBE: An Unstable Structure of 8 Corners & 6 Areas CUBING: Inaccurate Term for Increasing System Volume by Doubling Edge Lengths D. DEGREE: A 1/360th Division of a Circle DEGREES OF FREEDOM: # of Independent Forces Needed to Restrain a Body in Space DELTAHEDRON: Polyhedron Composed of Triangles DESIGN: Deliberate Ordering of Components DESIGN SCIENCE: Faithful Observation of Universe as the Basis of Invention DEVELOP: To Evolve, to Make Available or Usable, to Realize DIMENSION: Spacial Extent,Order of Complexity & Distinct Facets of Symmetry DIMPLING: Yielding Inwardly to Produce Local Indent in Structural System DIVERGENCE: Moving Farther Apart Outwardly from a Common Center DODECAHEDRON: Polyhedron of 12 Faces; if Regular, 1 of the 5 Platonic Solids DOWN: Erroneous Term; See IN DYMAXION: Maximum Output for Minimum Investment of Materials,Energy & Time E. EARNING A LIVING: Fallacious Idea that Humans Have no Inherent Right to Exist ECOSYSTEM: Self-Sustaining & Self-Regulating Community of Organisms EDGE: Connection Between Points & Boundary Between 2 Faces EDGES: Margins (Lines) Defining the Windows (Areas, Faces) of a System ENERGY EVENT: Discrete Constituent of Universe (Point) ENERGY SLAVE: 150,000 Foot-Pounds/8-Hour Day, 250 Days/Year = 1 Man's Work ENVIRONMENT: Aggregate of Surrounding Things,Conditions,Influences & Processes EPHEMERALIZATION: The Process of Doing More with Less EQUATOR: Imaginary Great Circle Midway at all Points Between N & S Poles EULER'S LAW: # of Corners of any Polyhedron + the # of Areas = # Edges + 2 EXPERIMENTATION: Voluntary, Integrative, Conscious Scientific Experiences EXPONENTIAL GROWTH: Movement of Change Increasing by Rate of Constant Factor EXTERNAL COST: Production/Consumption Costs Not Borne by Producer/Consumer F. FACE: An Area or Window of a System FEEDBACK: Return of a Portion of the Output of any Process to the Input FINITE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM: Physical Reality Consisting of Indivisible Particles FOOT-POUND: Work Required to Lift 1 Pound 1 Foot FOUR: The Minimum Number for Special Case Reality FREQUENCY: Number of Times an Event Occures in a Unit of Time or Space FREQUENCY OF MODULAR SUBDIVISION: Number of Subdivisions per Edge FULCRUM: Base (Pivot Point) of a Lever G. GENERALIZE:To Abstract Principles from Observation of Special-Case Experiences GENERALIZED PRINCIPLE: Rule that Holds True Without Exception GEODESIC: The Shortest Line Between Two Points on a Surface GEODETIC: Relating to the Measurement of the Earth's Surface GEOMETRIC STABILITY: The Quality of Maintaining the Geometric Form GREAT CIRCLE: Line on Surface of Sphere Describing Plane Running thru Center GREAT-CIRCLE ARC: Segment of a Great Circle GREATER INTELLECTUAL INTEGRITY OF UNIVERSE:Total of All Generalized Principles H. HEMISPHERE: Half a Sphere HEXAGON, REGULAR: A Polygon Formed of 6 Equal Edges & 6 Equal Angles HIGH-FREQUENCY ENERGY EVENT: Most Tangible Structures or Solids HORSE-POWER: 33,000 Foot-Pounds of Work/Minute I. ICOSADODECAHEDRON: A Polyhedron of 20 Equilateral Triangles & 12 Pentagons ICOSAHEDRON: Geometric Structure with 20 Equalateral Triangular Faces IMAGINARY NUMBERS: Products of Erroneous Cubic-Based Geometry IN: Convergent Motion Toward a Common Center INFINITY: Erroneous Assumption that Universe is Boundless INHERENT COMPLEMENTARITY OF UNIVERSE: See Complementarity INSCRIBED SPHERE: The Sphere that is Tangent to the Mid-Edge of a Solid INTERIOR ANGLE: Angle Between 2 Edges Measured Through the Inside INTERPRECESSING: See Precession INTERTRANSFORMABILITY: Transformations of Systems from One to Another INTUITION: Insight, Sensitivity to Environment & Self ISOTROPIC VECTOR MATRIX: IVM; Space-Filling Array of Unit-Length Vectors J. JITTERBUG: Hollow VE Made out of 24 Struts & their Connectors JITTERBUG TRANSFORMATION:Unstable VE Contracting in a Radially Symetrical Way JOINT: Same as Vertex K. KILOGRAM CALORIE: 1,000 Calories (The Great Calorie) KILOWATT-HOUR: Unit of Work or Energy = 1.34 Horsepower-Hours L. LATITUDE: Point Angle Measured along Meridian N/S from Center of Equator Plane LAW: Verified Statement Describing Relationship Between Given & Outcome LESSER CIRCLE: Circle on Surface of Sphere that Doesn't Pass Thru its Center LEVEL OF AGGREGATION:Specified Area or Level where Measurements are Comparable LINE: Wave Form Produced by Interaction of All Motions Operating on an Event LIVINGRY: Technology Applied for Purposes of Helping Humanity Succeed LOAD, POINT: An External Force Applied to One Point on a Structural Member LOAD, UNIFORM: An External Force Distributed over a Surface LOCI: Corners (Crossings, Vertexes) of a System LONGITUDE: A Geographical Term for a Great Circle Meridian M. MACROCOSM: That Part of the Universe Contained Within a Given System MERCATOR MAP: Obsolete, Distortion-Filled Map of the Earth MERIDIAN: A Great Circle Passing Through Both the Earth's Poles METHODOLOGY: Systematic Procedures for Carrying Out Specific Tasks METRIC TON OF COAL EQUIVALENT: Energy Produced by 1 Ton of Coal: 28.8 Mil BTUs MICROCOSM: That Part of the Universe Outside a Given System MIND: Ability of Humans to Discover Relationships Between Special-Case Data MITE: Minimum Tetrahedron; Composed of 2 A-Modules and 1 B-Module MOMENT: A Twisting Motion about an Axis N. NATURE'S COORDINATE SYSTEM: Governs Coordination of Physical & Metaphysical NEST: Local Indentation Between Adjacent Closepacked Spheres NET: Adjacent Polygons Foldable to Create a Specific Polyhedron NORTH POLE: The Northern End of the Axis on which the Earth Rotates NOTATION: E = Edges; V = Vertices; F = Faces NUCLEUS: Central Element of a Structure O. OBTUSE ANGLE: Angle Greater than 90 Degrees OCTAHEDRON: Triangulated System of 8 Equal Areas, 6 Vertices & 12 Edges OCTET TRUSS: A Structure Composed Entirely of Octahedrons & Tetrahedrons OMNI-ACCOMMODATIVE: Able to Accomodate All Spacial Directions; Omnidirectional OMNI-INTERACCOMMODATIVE: Relationship Between Noncontradictory Principles OMNISYMMETRICAL: Symmetry in All Spacial Directions OPEN SYSTEM: Where Both Energy & Matter are Exchanged with Surroundings ORGANIZING COMPLEXITY: Building More Complex Systems from Less Complex Systems OUT: Motion Diverging from a Common Center; Replaces UP P. PARALLEL: Outmoded Idea that 2 Lines can Extend to Infinity Without Touching PASSENGER-KILOMETER: Work Required to Move One 150-Pound Person 1 Kilometer PATTERN INTEGRITY:Reliable Arrangement of Energy Events in Regenerative System PERPENDICULAR: Erroneous Idea that Major Relationships are at 90 Degree Angle PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Use of Solar Energy by Plants to Turn Chemicals into Nutrients PLANE: Erroneous Idea of Imaginary Flat Area Reaching Out to Infinity PLANNING: Developing a Scheme of Action for Future Implementation PLATONIC SOLID: See Regular Solid POINT: Erroneous Idea of an Event Having no Dimensionality yet Having Location POLE: Point at which Axis of Rotation of a Sphere Meets its Surface POLYGON: A Closed Figure on a Plane Defined by Straight Lines POLYHEDRON: A 3-Dimensional Figure Defined by a Closed Set of Polygons PRECESSION: Systems in Motion with Respect to Each Other Involving 90 Degrees PUSH-PULL: Any Side Opposite any Angle in a Triangle Q. QUANTA: Indivisible Discrete Units or Limit-Case Particles R. REALITY: Phenomena of Universe which are 99.9% Invisible to Unaided Senses REFLEX: Conditioned Reaction to an Event without Thinking REGULAR POLYHEDRON: Composed Exclusively of 1 Type of Polygonal Face REGULAR SOLID: A Solid Defined by Regular Polygons in a Regular Manner RESEARCH: Scientific Investigation or Inquiry RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON: Polyhedron with 12 Rhombi for Faces (Inside-Out Cube) RHOMBUS: A Geometrical Shape of 4 Equal Edges & 2 Pairs of Angles RIGHT ISOSCELES TRIANGLE: Includes 2 Equal Edges with a Right-Angle in Between RIGID: Adjective that Describes Stable or Non-Collapsible Structure S. SCIENCE: The Use of Mind to Discover Generalized Laws SEARCH: To Make a Through Examination, Explore, Question SEEABILITY: Quality of Being Visible to the Human Sensory Apparatus SEMI-REGULAR SOLID: Same as Archimedian Solid SHEAR: Force Acting along a Plane that Passes Through a Structural Member SHEAR PANEL: A Panel Placed along the Shear Plane to Counteract that Force SIDES: Erroneous Concept for the Windows or Faces of a System SIMILAR: Having the Same Shape, but not Necessarily the Same Size SIZE: Dimension, Extent; Relates to Actual Constructs or Special Cases SKEW POLYGON: A Polygon whose Edges do not Lie in the Same Plane SKEW SOLID: A Solid Defined by Skew Polygons SNUB SOLID: A Solid Exploded & the Original Polygons Surrounded by Triangles SOLID: Same as Polyhedron SOMETHING: An Entity (System) Having Existence in the Real World SOUTH POLE: See North Pole SPACESHIP EARTH:Coined by BF to Convey a Sense of a Finite,Whole System Planet SPECIAL CASE: A Specific Manifestation of a Generalized Concept SPHERE: Structure Where All Surface Points are Equidistant from Center SPHERIC: Rhombic Dodecahedron SPHERICAL TRIANGLE: Curved Area Bounded by 3 Connected Great-Circle Arcs SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY: Study of Triangles Formed on the Surfaces of Spheres SQUARE: Imaginary Construct Consisting of 4 Equal Sides & 4 Right Angles SQUARING: Redefined as Triangling STEADY STATE: Input/Output are Balanced at a Point Below Max Limits of System STELLATION: To Form a Pyramid on each Face of a Polyhedron STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: Triangulated System STRUCTURE: A Complex of Events that Interact to Form a Stable Pattern SUNCLIPSE: Accurate Term for the Last Sighting of the Sun in the Evening SUNRISE: Erroneous Term Based on False Perception of Sun/Earth Relationship SUNSET: Erroneous Term Based on False Perception of Sun/Earth Relationship SUNSIGHT: Accurate Term for the First Sighting of the Sun in the Morning SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES: Angles that Add up to 180 Degrees SURFACE: Element of System Having no Independent Existence Outside the Syste m SYMMETRY: Correspondance of Congruent Components about a Plane or Axis SYNERGETICS: Fuller's Name for Nature's Coordinate System (Geometry) SYNERGY: Behavior of Whole Systems Not Predictable from Behavior of Parts SYSTEM: Triangule-Based Structure Dividing Universe into Inside & Outside T. TANGENT: Proximate or Touching in One Point TECHNOLOGY: Externalized Metabolic Function Tools Used to Provide Life Support TELEOLOGY: Conversion of Special-Case Experience into Generalized Principles TENSION: Using Outwardly Stretching Forces to Impart Structural Stability TENSEGRITY: Structure Using Distributed Tension to Hold Islands of Compression TETRAHEDRON: Minimum Structure of Universe: 4 Windows, 6 Edges, 4 Corners TETRAHEDRONING: Nature's Way of Increasing Volumes Geometrically TETRAHELIX: 20 Tetrahedra Glued Together so the Edges Form a Helix TON-KILOMETER: Work Required to Move 1 Ton 1 Kilometer TRIANGLE: Polygon Having 3 Angles Formed by the Intersection of 3 Lines TRIANGLING: Multiplying a Unit of Measure by Itself TRIGONOMETRY: Study of the Relationships of Lines & Angles in the Triangle TRUSS:Structural Member or Complete Structure formed by Triangulated Framework TUNE-IN-ABILITY: Possibility of Isolating or Focusing on Specific Phenomena TUNING: Process of Establishing the Desired Frequency of a System U. UNDERSTANDING: The Process by which the Mind Discovers Relationships UNIVERSE: Total of Humanity's Consciously Apprehended/Communicated Experience UP: Erroneous Term; See OUT V. VALENT: Number of Connections or Elements VALUES: Expressions, Ideas or Notions of Meaning & Worth VALVING: Deliberate Channeling of Energy/Resources in Preferred Ways VE: Vector Equilibrium VECTOR: Energy Event Consisting of Magnitude and Direction VECTOR EQUILIBRIUM:Structure Formed by Close-Packing Layer of Spheres around 1 VERTEX: Corner of a System formed by Convergence of Lines or Edges VOLUME: The Extent of Space Enclosed by Geometric Structures W. WAVE: Pattern of Motion Produced by Transfer of Energy Through Medium WAVILINEARITY: Property of all Lines which are Always Formed by Wave Motion WEALTH: Organized Capacity to Apply Generalized Principles Toward Life Support WHOLE NUMBER: Positive Integer, Without Fractional Part WINDOW: The Faces (Areas or Openings) of a System X. Y. Z. -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 23:58:40 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: Dymax House Update In-Reply-To: ; from "Marcia Blackburn Bertland" at May 5, 95 5:28 pm Marcia Blackburn Bertland writes: > > 5 May 1995 > > > Hi All! > > I just spoke with Christian Overland, the project director for the > restoration of the Wichita House at the Ford Museum and Greenfield > Village in Dearborn, MI. They have run into restoration problems which > have put off the reassembly of the house until 1998. Apparently, when the > house was set (incorrectly) into a concrete and dirt foundation in > Wichita, it caused corrosion which has required the invention of new > preservation techniques to preserve the house. > Christian told me something about what Fuller intended as the > foundation which I find fascinating (and to which I have found no > references). Apparently, the DDM was supposed to sit on a spring and > pneumatic balloon system. Does anyone - Ed Applewhite maybe - know more > about this? > Christian will be giving a lecture on the DDM this Monday, May > 8th at 6:30p.m. at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. I'm going to > try to attend. If I go, I'll post a synopsis of the presentation. > Is any one else going? > > - Marcia > > Marcia Blackburn Bertland > bd81064@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu > .- > See 'Inventions', pages 99 and 101 for patent drawing of the footing and its description. -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 21:25:08 +0000 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: John Mac Cosham Subject: GENI in Western Australia Dear friends: I went to a GENI breakfast here in Western Australia last Sunday. I have been to several of the breakfasts. At the last one I met Peter Meisen. A member of Parliment attended this one. I first got involved with GENI a couple of years ago because I wanted to meet people who might know about synergetics. I went to some of the meetings and then dropped out. But I still went to the breakfasts because they were convenient and fun. Now I am on the Internet and it feels like there is a real synergy taking place. For instance GENI is hosting a big event in San Diego. And here on the Geodesic List and Synergetic List I am literally rubbing shoulders with the leading people involved with Bucky's work. At the GENI breakfast John Butler the co-ordinator always gives a good little speal on Bucky and I like that very much because in this way his work can spread to new people. I told the people at the breakfast if they were interested in Bucky's work that they could find out about it on the Internet. Some of those people were bound to have computers or will have soon. your friend, swami dharmraj aka John Mac Cosham dharmraj@hedgehog.highway1.com.au "Anything man needs to do he can afford to do." R.Buckminster Fuller ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 14:03:43 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Marcia Blackburn Bertland Subject: Re: Dymax House Update X-To: Joe Moore In-Reply-To: <199505060658.CAA10460@bingnfs1.cc.binghamton.edu> Thanks Joe! You are ever resourceful. I guess Christian's point was that nothing has really been written about this system - except the patent.Or do you know of something else? - Marcia On Fri, 5 May 1995, Joe Moore wrote: > Marcia Blackburn Bertland writes: > > > > 5 May 1995 > > > > > > Hi All! > > > > I just spoke with Christian Overland, the project director for the > > restoration of the Wichita House at the Ford Museum and Greenfield > > Village in Dearborn, MI. They have run into restoration problems which > > have put off the reassembly of the house until 1998. Apparently, when the > > house was set (incorrectly) into a concrete and dirt foundation in > > Wichita, it caused corrosion which has required the invention of new > > preservation techniques to preserve the house. > > Christian told me something about what Fuller intended as the > > foundation which I find fascinating (and to which I have found no > > references). Apparently, the DDM was supposed to sit on a spring and > > pneumatic balloon system. Does anyone - Ed Applewhite maybe - know more > > about this? > > Christian will be giving a lecture on the DDM this Monday, May > > 8th at 6:30p.m. at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. I'm going to > > try to attend. If I go, I'll post a synopsis of the presentation. > > Is any one else going? > > > > - Marcia > > > > Marcia Blackburn Bertland > > bd81064@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu > > .- > > > > See 'Inventions', pages 99 and 101 for patent drawing of the footing and its > description. > > > -- > > JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 > 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 > CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. > ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 22:39:42 +1200 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Ross Keatinge Organization: PlaNet (Auckland New Zealand) Subject: Looking for list of dome companies About a year ago, someone posted a list of companies selling domes in some shape or form (houses etc). It was in the form of a uuencoded Windows cardfile. If anyone still has that I would be grateful of it being posted to the list or mailed to me. Thanks -- Ross Keatinge ross@kea.ak.planet.co.nz Auckland New Zealand ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 21:49:02 -0400 Reply-To: AMKALENAK Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: AMKALENAK Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Expo dome plans I would like to get plans and spec.s of the Expo dome. Has anyone seen any. Does BFI have some in their hold. I think the actual technical details of Bucky's grandest designs should be made available to the public, so that his achievements can be utilized by all and perhaps facilitate his dreams of city scale enclosures and floating spheres among the clouds. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 23:07:11 -0400 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Walt Lockley Subject: Report on rehab of Carbondale dome Yesterday I went down to Carbondale to help with the rehab of Bucky's residential dome, and thought you all might like some details. Kim and Pete Depaoli are Chicagoans who have decided to return to school at SIUC, and you couldn't find a nicer couple of capable people. Their aim is to rehab his residential dome, make it liveable without making major alterations, and live there as renters. That goal is perfectly in line with the best interests of the house under current ownership -- especially in light of its history of neglect. The house, on the northeast corner of Forest and Cherry, is a surprisingly small structure on a surprisingly small rectangular lot. If you've seen that photo of Anne reading with Bucky sitting in the background, well, that photo must have been taken with a fisheye lens by a trained rat with his back up against the wall. The yard is entirely enclosed by a privacy fence. The dome itself was put up in 1960 by an Ohio dome company, Pease, as a standard design. It was not Bucky's custom design. The dome has two stories of living space. The main room faces south, towards the yard. Going clockwise, then, is the kitchen area, the bedroom, closets and two bathrooms side by side (?). If the dome is surprisingly small, the bedroom is amazingly, uh, cozy. All rooms except the main room are covered by the second- story library-study area where Bucky kept his books in the semi- circular perimeter bookshelves, and reportedly scooted back and forth up there on a rolling chair. Kim tells me that code doesn't permit that upstairs being used as a bedroom because the ceiling is too low. The main interior floor is concrete. The yard, Bill Perk told us, was designed and furnished as an outdoor room. The fence runs completely around the property (with the exception of the driveway gate, which is missing and which Kim and Pete hope to replace) and is well overgrown with vines and ambitious groundcover. This fence was Bucky's design. It's built of five-foot vertical redwood slats, built into a series of large frames; on closer examination the slats are V-shaped and nested to allow wind through without compromising visual privacy. After these 35 years many of the redwood slats are disconnected, partially rotted, nail-split, falling down, dislodged by roots, whatever, and this sad state is one of the city's immediate concerns. That's what we worked on this past Saturday. You couldn't wish for a more high-maintenance structure. (It will also be fun to paint.) The dome itself leaks, not from around the apex but most noticably from above the three sliding-glass doors. The outside areas above the doors are not sloped properly and water has been allowed to stand and work its way in, damaging the interior triangular plywood panels. One rumor says a woman who lived here 13 years lost her sense of smell and wasn't able to detect her terrible mildew problem. It has also been periodically vacant and half-heartedly fixed up. The ten rectangular skylights near the apex have been entirely covered, and it's probably hard for moisture to escape. The structure seems sound but is visibly flatter at some joints, pointier in others. Holding up pretty well for an inexpensive, experimental, 35-year-old plywood thing which has been not exactly cherished. The dome is owned by a Mike Mitchell, about whom I don't know much. Mitchell has lived in West Hollywood for some time and has evidently owed the dome since Bucky left Carbondale. The circumstances of Bucky's departure from SIU have to do with a change in college administration politics and the odd nature of his arrangement there. While globetrotting and contributing little of immediate, tangible value to SIU, Bucky drew a salary and a full professorship title AND a downtown office with as many as 25 students on the college payroll. You can see this situation many ways (Bill Perk said, "Have you ever seen Rashomon?") but the upshot is that the typical reaction to Fuller's name in this southern Illinois college town now ranges from antipathy to curiosity. There's no detectable civic pride or sense of the range of his contributions. And what a shame that is. As small as the dome is, you can really get a sense of Bucky having been here and worked here. Being there personalizes him a great deal. Kim and Pete expressed a willingness to welcome visitors, and they'll probably get 'em. Seven or eight people dropped by to have a look while I was there. I'm going back down again within the next month or so. Here comes the commerical: Anyone who cares to volunteer advice, anecdotes about the house, or even a box of finishing nails, their Email address is althea58@aol.com. They deserve whatever help you can give them. Walt klockley@delphi.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 07:11:01 KST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: DANTES Far East Field Office Subject: Re: Report on rehab of Carbondale dome Bob, Quite a list. Our address is dantes-oof@emh7.army.korea.mil You had dantes-oof@emh1... Best regards, Bill Drummond ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 11:35:31 CST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: "< Tagdi>" Subject: information to increase the varity of information coming to this list i propuse sending questions from different area where everyone who have any knowldge can answer , a sort of competition these question should be quick to answer but are related to significant pattren variables. fuller wanted to get rid off the starsh of academic language so here is some questions,you can voluntere an answer. pattren metabolizm oxygen circulation in the body laagons airplain gas consumtion brain area fatigue children way of learning effect of drugs on the body 10 elements and their use 5 alloys and thier compositon and performance agression sadism interactive state in the present what is the net organization of www multimedia hunger there is of course the 40 questions of fuller but these are quite comprehensive, and need much time but i think they are quite educational if followed through. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 07:14:43 LOCAL Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Rick Bono Organization: cris.com Subject: Hexa-Pent Dome Plans Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the Hex-pent dome Bucky designed for Popular Science? I have tried BFI but they couldn't locate them. The plans were orginally sold through Popular Science for about $15. Thanks. Rick ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 08:28:54 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: Hexa-Pent Dome Plans In-Reply-To: ; from "Rick Bono" at May 9, 95 7:14 am Rick Bono writes: > > Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the Hex-pent dome Bucky designed > for Popular Science? I have tried BFI but they couldn't locate them. The plans > were orginally sold through Popular Science for about $15. Thanks. > > Rick > .- > Rick, Take a look at the Hexa-Pent patent (#3,810,336 granted 5-14-74). Also, the article in Popular Science is dated May 1972 on pages 128-31. It has dimensions, etc. It was actually patented by his architectural partner, Shoji Sadao, and assigned to the firm Fuller & Sadao which is now in Long Island City, NY, I believe. Joe -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 13:39:36 -0400 Reply-To: Vmountain Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Vmountain Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Looking for list of dome companies Hi! I posted it last year, and I will put it up here in a day or so (once I find it again!). Since then I built a 20' (3 freq) dome with plans from Key Dome in Miami, and am currently working on a 40' (3 freq) dome (our house) and a 12' (2 freq) greenhouse dome. Bruce Carroll Virtual Mountain ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 15:01:48 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: Hexa-Pent Dome Plans X-To: Rick Bono In-Reply-To: ; from "Rick Bono" at May 9, 95 3:04 pm Rick Bono writes: > > >Rick, > > >Take a look at the Hexa-Pent patent (#3,810,336 granted 5-14-74). Also, the > >article in Popular Science is dated May 1972 on pages 128-31. It has > >dimensions, etc. It was actually patented by his architectural partner, Shoj i > >Sadao, and assigned to the firm Fuller & Sadao which is now in Long Island > >City, NY, I believe. > > >Joe > > I have both the Patent and the article. The blueprints are what I'm looking > for. I tried BFI but they did not have a copy on file. Is there a number and > address for Shoji Sadao? Thanks. > > Rick > .- > Shoji Sadao Fuller & Sadao, PC 32-37 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 11106 718-278-1954 -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 08:41:31 JST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Andreas Schneider Subject: Re: buck's glossary thanks to mr moore for his b- glossary. i cleaned it up (removing/ adding tabs, returns & spaces) -- a-module: 1/24 of a regular tetrahedron acute angle: angle less than 90 degrees advantage: power of a lever aggregate: clustered group of solids,not necessarily assembled in regular way allspace filling: a system that, when repeated, fills all space angle: shape resulting from the intersection of 2 lines or surfaces angular topology: description of structure by variation of only angle/frequency a ppropriate technology: solutions especially applicable to needs of communities arc: a segment of a curve area: the face or window of a system axis: imaginary line at center of rotating object around which it rotates b-module: result of subtracting a-module from 1/48 of regular octahedron behavior: aggregate set of responses of a system & its environment belief: claim to reality personally untested & potentially unfounded between-ness: the property of relationship shared by two points biosphere: sum total of all the ecosystems on the planet brain: organ that coordinates/differentiates info from physical senses btu: british thermal unit; energy needed to heat 1 lb water 1 degree f buckling: lateral deflection; to bend or warp under an external load calorie: energy needed to heat 1 gram of water 1 degree centigrade carrying capacity: maximum population that given ecosystem can support center: see nucleus change: movement from 1 form, state or phase to another; transform chord factor: math ratio between the radius & edge length of a solid circumscribed sphere: the sphere that passes through the vertices of a solid closed system: where energy but not matter exchanged between it & earth compound: a combination of regular solids with a common center complementarity: necessary coexistence,inseparable pairs; unity is plural comprehension: to grasp mentally all connections of a problem or event comprehensivism: dedication to perceiving relationships between all areas compression: building using earthward pressure concave: curved toward the observer, as seen from the inside conception: forming mental concepts, plans & thoughts concepts: ideas independent of size convergence: coming together toward a common center convex: curved away from the observer, as seen from the outside corners: the vertices of a system cost-benefit analysis: comparing present value of expected benefits with costs coupler: semisymmetrical octahedron = 16 a-modules + 8 b-modules cube: an unstable structure of 8 corners & 6 areas cubing: inaccurate term for increasing system volume by doubling edge lengths degree: a 1/360th division of a circle degrees of freedom: # of independent forces needed to restrain a body in space deltahedron: polyhedron composed of triangles design: deliberate ordering of components design science: faithful observation of universe as the basis of invention develop: to evolve, to make available or usable, to realize dimension: spacial extent,order of complexity & distinct facets of symmetry dimpling: yielding inwardly to produce local indent in structural system divergence: moving farther apart outwardly from a common center dodecahedron: polyhedron of 12 faces; if regular, 1 of the 5 platonic solids down: erroneous term; see in dymaxion: maximum output for minimum investment of materials,energy & time earning a living: fallacious idea that humans have no inherent right to exist ecosystem: self-sustaining & self-regulating community of organisms edge: connection between points & boundary between 2 faces edges: margins (lines) defining the windows (areas, faces) of a system energy event: discrete constituent of universe (point) energy slave: 150,000 foot-pounds/8-hour day, 250 days/year = 1 man's work environment: aggregate of surrounding things,conditions,influences & processes ephemeralization: the process of doing more with less equator: imaginary great circle midway at all points between n & s poles euler's law: # of corners of any polyhedron + the # of areas = # edges + 2 experimentation: voluntary, integrative, conscious scientific experiences exponential growth: movement of change increasing by rate of constant factor external cost: production/consumption costs not borne by producer/consumer face: an area or window of a system feedback: return of a portion of the output of any process to the input finite accounting system: physical reality consisting of indivisible particles foot-pound: work required to lift 1 pound 1 foot four: the minimum number for special case reality frequency: number of times an event occures in a unit of time or space frequency of modular subdivision: number of subdivisions per edge fulcrum: base (pivot point) of a lever generalize: to abstract principles from observation of special-case experiences generalized principle: rule that holds true without exception geodesic: the shortest line between two points on a surface geodetic: relating to the measurement of the earth's surface geometric stability: the quality of maintaining the geometric form great circle: line on surface of sphere describing plane running thru center great-circle arc: segment of a great circle greater intellectual integrity of universe: total of all generalized principles hemisphere: half a sphere hexagon, regular: a polygon formed of 6 equal edges & 6 equal angles high-frequency energy event: most tangible structures or solids horse-power: 33,000 foot-pounds of work/minute icosadodecahedron: a polyhedron of 20 equilateral triangles & 12 pentagons icosahedron: geometric structure with 20 equalateral triangular faces imaginary numbers: products of erroneous cubic-based geometry in: convergent motion toward a common center infinity: erroneous assumption that universe is boundless inherent complementarity of universe: see complementarity inscribed sphere: the sphere that is tangent to the mid-edge of a solid interior angle: angle between 2 edges measured through the inside interprecessing: see precession intertransformability: transformations of systems from one to another intuition: insight, sensitivity to environment & self isotropic vector matrix: ivm; space-filling array of unit-length vectors jitterbug: hollow ve made out of 24 struts & their connectors jitterbug transformation: unstable ve contracting in a radially symetrical way joint: same as vertex kilogram calorie: 1,000 calories (the great calorie) kilowatt-hour: unit of work or energy = 1.34 horsepower-hours latitude: point angle measured along meridian n/s from center of equator plane law: verified statement describing relationship between given & outcome lesser circle: circle on surface of sphere that doesn't pass thru its center level of aggregation: specified area or level where measurements are comparable line: wave form produced by interaction of all motions operating on an event livingry: technology applied for purposes of helping humanity succeed load, point: an external force applied to one point on a structural member load, uniform: an external force distributed over a surface loci: corners (crossings, vertexes) of a system longitude: a geographical term for a great circle meridian macrocosm: that part of the universe contained within a given system mercator map: obsolete, distortion-filled map of the earth meridian: a great circle passing through both the earth's poles methodology: systematic procedures for carrying out specific tasks metric ton of coal equivalent: energy produced by 1 ton of coal: 28.8 mil btus microcosm: that part of the universe outside a given system mind: ability of humans to discover relationships between special-case data mite: minimum tetrahedron; composed of 2 a-modules and 1 b-module moment: a twisting motion about an axis nature's coordinate system: governs coordination of physical & metaphysical nest: local indentation between adjacent closepacked spheres net: adjacent polygons foldable to create a specific polyhedron north pole: the northern end of the axis on which the earth rotates notation: e = edges; v = vertices; f = faces nucleus: central element of a structure o. obtuse angle: angle greater than 90 degrees octahedron: triangulated system of 8 equal areas, 6 vertices & 12 edges octet truss: a structure composed entirely of octahedrons & tetrahedrons omni-accommodative: able to accomodate all spacial directions; omnidirectional omni-interaccommodative: relationship between noncontradictory principles omnisymmetrical: symmetry in all spacial directions open system: where both energy & matter are exchanged with surroundings organizing complexity: building more complex systems from less complex systems out: motion diverging from a common center; replaces up parallel: outmoded idea that 2 lines can extend to infinity without touching passenger-kilometer: work required to move one 150-pound person 1 kilometer pattern integrity: reliable arrangement of energy events in regenerative system perpendicular: erroneous idea that major relationships are at 90 degree angle photosynthesis: use of solar energy by plants to turn chemicals into nutrients plane: erroneous idea of imaginary flat area reaching out to infinity planning: developing a scheme of action for future implementation platonic solid: see regular solid point: erroneous idea of an event having no dimensionality yet having location pole: point at which axis of rotation of a sphere meets its surface polygon: a closed figure on a plane defined by straight lines polyhedron: a 3-dimensional figure defined by a closed set of polygons precession: systems in motion with respect to each other involving 90 degrees push-pull: any side opposite any angle in a triangle quanta: indivisible discrete units or limit-case particles reality: phenomena of universe which are 99.9% invisible to unaided sense s reflex: conditioned reaction to an event without thinking regular polyhedron: composed exclusively of 1 type of polygonal face regular solid: a solid defined by regular polygons in a regular manner research: scientific investigation or inquiry rhombic dodecahedron: polyhedron with 12 rhombi for faces (inside-out cube) rhombus: a geometrical shape of 4 equal edges & 2 pairs of angles right isosceles triangle: includes 2 equal edges with a right-angle in between rigid: adjective that describes stable or non-collapsible structure science: the use of mind to discover generalized laws search: to make a through examination, explore, question seeability: quality of being visible to the human sensory apparatus semi-regular solid: same as archimedian solid shear: force acting along a plane that passes through a structural member shear panel: a panel placed along the shear plane to counteract that force sides: erroneous concept for the windows or faces of a system similar: having the same shape, but not necessarily the same size size: dimension, extent; relates to actual constructs or special cases skew polygon: a polygon whose edges do not lie in the same plane skew solid: a solid defined by skew polygons snub solid: a solid exploded & the original polygons surrounded by triangles solid: same as polyhedron something: an entity (system) having existence in the real world south pole: see north pole spaceship earth: coined by bf to convey a sense of a finite,whole system planet special case: a specific manifestation of a generalized concept sphere: structure where all surface points are equidistant from center spheric: rhombic dodecahedron spherical triangle: curved area bounded by 3 connected great-circle arcs spherical trigonometry: study of triangles formed on the surfaces of spheres square: imaginary construct consisting of 4 equal sides & 4 right angles squaring: redefined as triangling steady state: input/output are balanced at a point below max limits of system stellation: to form a pyramid on each face of a polyhedron structural system: triangulated system structure: a complex of events that interact to form a stable pattern sunclipse: accurate term for the last sighting of the sun in the evening sunrise: erroneous term based on false perception of sun/earth relationsh ip sunset: erroneous term based on false perception of sun/earth relationship sunsight: accurate term for the first sighting of the sun in the morning supplementary angles: angles that add up to 180 degrees surface: element of system having no independent existence outside the syste m symmetry: correspondance of congruent components about a plane or axis synergetics: fuller's name for nature's coordinate system (geometry) synergy: behavior of whole systems not predictable from behavior of parts system: triangule-based structure dividing universe into inside & outside tangent: proximate or touching in one point technology: externalized metabolic function tools used to provide life support teleology: conversion of special-case experience into generalized principles tension: using outwardly stretching forces to impart structural stability tensegrity: structure using distributed tension to hold islands of compression tetrahedron: minimum structure of universe: 4 windows, 6 edges, 4 corners tetrahedroning: nature's way of increasing volumes geometrically tetrahelix: 20 tetrahedra glued together so the edges form a helix ton-kilometer: work required to move 1 ton 1 kilometer triangle: polygon having 3 angles formed by the intersection of 3 lines triangling: multiplying a unit of measure by itself trigonometry: study of the relationships of lines & angles in the triangle truss: structural member or complete structure formed by triangulated framework tune-in-ability: possibility of isolating or focusing on specific phenomena tuning: process of establishing the desired frequency of a system understanding: the process by which the mind discovers relationships universe: total of humanity's consciously apprehended/communicated experience up: erroneous term; see out valent: number of connections or elements values: expressions, ideas or notions of meaning & worth valving: deliberate channeling of energy/resources in preferred ways ve: vector equilibrium vector: energy event consisting of magnitude and direction vector equilibrium: structure formed by close-packing layer of spheres around 1 vertex: corner of a system formed by convergence of lines or edges volume: the extent of space enclosed by geometric structures wave: pattern of motion produced by transfer of energy through medium wavilinearity: property of all lines which are always formed by wave motion wealth: organized capacity to apply generalized principles toward life support whole number: positive integer, without fractional part window: the faces (areas or openings) of a system -- andreas schneider ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 19:13:02 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: BF 100 Year Celebration X-To: Michael Collins In-Reply-To: ; from "Michael Collins" at May 9, 95 5:19 pm Michael Collins writes: > > > > Hello Joe! My name is Michael, and I live > in Santa Cruz. Thanks for the BF Centennial > Symposium and Celebration info. > > Do not have the transportation or $150 registration > for the 3 days. If there was a one day fee and > a potential ride to SD, I could maybe attend. > > Have a good time at the symposium. > > > Later, > > Michael > michaelc > > -- > .- > I understand that they do have one-day fees also, but I don't know what they are. I'de love to go also, but I too find surplus funds hard to come by. Nice hearing from you. I know of several other Bucky fans in this area. Hopefully someone who will be there will post a daily summary to the Geodesics list and/or the Synergetics list. Joe -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 08:38:15 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: HOUSING CRISIS Lee Butler writes: > From math.ucr.edu!gate.net!lbutler Tue May 9 23:09:45 1995 > Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 02:10:08 -0400 > X-Sender: lbutler@mailhost.gate.net > Message-Id: > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > To: cruzio.com!joemoore@math.ucr.edu > From: Lee Butler > > > > > > > > EKOTECTURE =A91994 > An integrated Approach to Sustainable Construction > > > A paper presented by: > Lee Porter Butler > Ekose'a Integrated Technologies Incorporated > 620 Biscayne Drive > West Palm Beach, Florida, 33480 > > to the > > > =46IRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON > > SUSTAINABLE > CONSTRUCTION > > Tampa, Florida, USA, November 6-9, 1994 > > Sponsored by: > University of Florida > International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation > National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA > U.S. Green Building Council > Habitat for Humanity > Green Development Group, Rocky Mountain Institute > Environmental Building News > The Florida House Foundation > Sustainable Development and Construction Initiative, Inc. > > > > The Ekotecture =A9 An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Construction > > Lee Porter Butler > Palm Beach, Florida > > The history of Construction > > The earliest efforts of human beings to protect themselves from the > inclement conditions of weather and the threat of wild animals could be > observed in the caves and earthen dugouts. Gradually these evolved into > more self-conscious designs with the construction of hogans, tents and > houses. > > Approximately 10,000 years ago, at about the time of the beginning of the > first Egyptian civilization, human beings began to end their nomadic > wanderings in search of food and started to develop the modern practices of > agriculture, engineering and architecture. By 500 B.C., the demand for > building timbers had virtually eliminated vast forests along the Nile river > and along the coast of North Africa.( Stone, 1990) > > Around 400 B.C., Socrates remembers, as a small child, taking long walks > with his grandfather in the giant "Cedars of Lebanon" forests (4' trunk > diameters) which covered the hills and mountains of ancient Greece. He then > goes on to recall that, by the time he was an old man, most of these > magnificient trees had been cut. By the first century AD, most of the > forests surrounding the eastern Mediterranean sea had been cut for use in > construction and fire wood. After another several hundred years of > overgrazing sheep and natural erosion, there was little left but "deserted" > rocky ground. > > The use of wood as a structural building material is responsible for the > "desertification" of much of the earth's surface, including parts of > America. We must recognize that this is not a sustainable practice, > consistent with the preservation of the earth's non-renewable resources > and the beauty of the natural environment. Since ancient times, the needs > of construction have been in competition with the natural environment and > resources of the earth. If the present trends in consumption continue, in > an effort to satisfy the construction and energy demands of all five > billion people now living on this planet, our remaining forests and most of > our non-renewable resources will be exhausted by the year 2025, leading to > a "global civil war for resources" ( Gore,1993). > > As our agricultural surplus grew, so did the size, purpose and > specialized functions of our buildings. However, the basic concept of a > building as a static response to the immediate minor discomforts and > inclement forces of nature has not changed in thousands of years. We > continue to erect single static skin structures, incapable of responding to > changes in the climate or the needs of the user. > > Limitations of Existing Construction Technology > > Unfortunately most buildings, including the modern structures of today > have never been conceived to survive the catastrophic forces of nature such > as fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal surges and earthquakes. > These structural limitations result in the loss of thousands of lives and > billions of dollars in property in the United States annually. > > Neither have most buildings ever been conceived to sustain a comfortable > interior environment and/or provide the utility amenities required by the > occupants without the continuous consumption of energy, water and > maintenance. With the advances of modern technology buildings are now, in > fact, the source of a continuous stream of toxic waste by-products and > pollution which is rapidly destroying the natural environment. > > More recently, some modern building materials slowly decompose by "off > gassing" ions of the compounds from which they are made. These ions enter > the blood through the lungs and become lodged in the tiny capillaries > inside the brain causing blurred vision, dizziness, nausea and other > central nervous system dysfunctions. The modern practice of sealing > interior spaces to prevent the infiltration of outside air to conserve > energy increases the levels of these toxic gases. > > These same buildings often lack a supply of fresh circulating air > containing adequate levels of oxygen. Their interior spaces rarely provide > the levels of full spectrum natural sunlight necessary to retard the growth > of harmful viruses or for the optimum functioning of the human immune > system. > > With the advent of modern technology, 110 &220 volt alternating current > create high flux electromagnetic fields and electric motors generate > positive electrical ions . These electromagnetic fields and ion imbalances > adversely effect the human central nervous and immune system.The human > body's electro-chemical system operates on very low direct negative > electrical current ( 1/2 volt -DC ), the same as plants. This happens to be > the same voltage generated by the photovoltaic cell. > > The combined effects of all of these building conditions create what has > been identified as "sick building" syndrome. We believe that the modern > trend of overspecialization and compartmentalization of building > disciplines has prevented architects, engineers and other building > professionals from being able to form a "holistic" view of these complex > and interrelated environmental conditions. > > Proposed Criteria for "Sustainable Construction" > > 1. The construction must preserve the remaining forests and open lands by > building without structural wood. > 2. The construction must be able to sustain itself against the destructive > forces of nature by responding as an infinite space frame molded from a > super-lightweight silicone base material. > 3. The construction must sustain the earth's natural environment and > resources by providing the creature comforts and utility necessities for > the occupants without consuming the earth's non-renewable resources or > polluting the natural environment. > 4. The construction must sustain a healthy interior environment which > recognizes the electro-chemical sensitivities and biological needs of the > human organism. > 5. The construction must re-cycle the organic sanitary waste products into > fertilizer for the landscape or agricultural use. > 6. The construction must be able to sustain continued economic growth and > satisfy the constructive needs of further human development. > 7. The construction should float on water whenever possible, preserving > the earth's undeveloped land areas. > > With these criteria for "sustainable construction" and with the goal of > encouraging a more comprehensive and integrated "holistic " environmental > design science, we propose to create the discipline known as Ekotecture =A9. > > The Definition of Ekotecture =A9 > > (E ), is for ecology, the interrelated nature of man and his environment. > (K), is symbolic of the ark, a floating craft which survived the deluge to > bring mankind into the new world.( O ) is for the oceans of the world which > comprise 2/3 rds of the earth's surface. We must begin to utilize water > when possible.( Tecture) , as in archi'tecture, relates to the technical > aspects of construction, i.e., structure, texture and sculpture. Therefore > the word Ekotecture =A9, relating to the technical aspects of floating > ecological structures. > > No longer physically attached to the earth and thereby vulnerable to the > forces of nature,Ekotecture would not require ongoing supplies of material > resources, energy and water from the earth and it would not pollute the > earth's natural environment. Practicing the science of Ekotecture would > produce a "responsive dynamic structure" designed to protect, comfort, > nurture and offer maximum support for the life and health of the human > organism. > > =46loating Ekotecture developments can be placed safely near the existing > central urban core of coastal areas. This will relieve the pressure to > consume more land more and more distant from the center. It will also > relieve pressure on the transportation system to move and more people > further from the urban core. The Japanese have already developed the > concept of floating real estate developments. > > Ekotecture Exemplified : The New Ekose'a Home > > In an effort to further explain the concept and intention of Ekotecture=A9, > Ekose'a Integrated Technologies Incorporated, has developed a prototype, > "off the grid", floating, sustainable, affordable, single family home. It > is our hope that this design will help sustain real estate development and > encourage economic growth without creating additional pollution or harming > the quality of the natural environment. > > The new Ekose'a home provides improved health and safety standards for the > occupant residents by providing a supply of purified, fresh oxygenated air > to every room in the home. It reduces the life and causality losses due to > fires, floods, hurricanes, tidal surges and earthquakes. The patented > double gravity geothermal convection envelope enables the home to maintain > year round comfortable temperatures and humidity ( in any climate) without > the use of fossil fuels or conventional mechanical systems. > > The new Ekose'a home utilizes photovoltaic electric cells, biodigestors, > solar water heaters, solar chimneys and other "passive" natural > solar/gravity energy technologies to provide 100% of their utility > necessities without consuming non-renewable natural resources or producing > environmental pollution. > > The size, layout function, style and aesthetic designs of these homes are > flexible and can be varied to satisfy individual market demands. The cost > of mass producing Ekose'a homes is demonstrably less than the cost of > producing conventional designs when the presently hidden costs of > providing the centralized utility plant and distribution network ("grid") > and the cost all the real estate over which the "grid" must travel. > > Ekotecture Exemplified : The New Ekose'a Home > > In an effort to further explain the concept and intention of Ekotecture=A9, > Ekose'a Integrated Technologies Incorporated, a corporation chartered under > the state of Florida, has developed a prototype, "off the grid", floating, > sustainable, affordable, single family home. It is our hope that this > design will help sustain real estate development and encourage economic > growth without creating additional pollution or harming the quality of the > natural environment. > > The new Ekose'a home provides improved health and safety standards for the > occupant residents by providing a supply of purified, fresh oxygenated air > to every room in the home. It reduces the life and causality losses due to > fires, floods, hurricanes, tidal surges and earthquakes. The patented > double gravity geothermal convection envelope enables the home to maintain > year round comfortable temperatures and humidity ( in any climate) without > the use of fossil fuels or conventional mechanical systems. > > The new Ekose'a home utilizes photovoltaic electric cells, biodigestors, > solar water heaters, solar chimneys and other "passive" natural > solar/gravity energy technologies to provide 100% of their utility > necessities without consuming non-renewable natural resources or producing > environmental pollution. > > The size, layout function, style and aesthetic designs of these homes are > flexible and can be varied to satisfy individual market demands. The cost > of mass producing Ekose'a homes is demonstrably less than the cost of > producing conventional designs when the presently hidden costs of > providing the centralized utility plant and distribution network ("grid") > and the cost all the real estate over which the "grid" must travel. > > Since the Ekose'a decentralized utility infrastructure would not require > the continuous consumption of fossil or nuclear fuel nor the operation and > maintenance of the central plant and "grid", the investors who own and > provide the Ekose'a technologies will enjoy a greater return on their > investment that those being generated by centralized non-renewable resource > systems. > > When the hidden costs of environmental destruction, disease and loss of > life from toxic pollution are added into the comparative financial > analysis the present "grid system" can no longer be justified. > > The Ekose'a home is designed to protect its occupants from naturally > occurring disasters such as fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal > surges, and earthquakes by virtue of its composition of materials, > integral space frame design and unitary construction. The entire structure > is designed to float. > > The structure is molded from ultra-lightweight stressed skin concrete > panels. The inner core aggregate of sodium silicate crystals provide R > values above 50. The thin outer structural layers of the panels are > reinforced with silicone fibers to provide a non-corrosible source of > tensile strength. The panels are attached to each other with an elastic > polymeric compound and major structural connections are reinforced through > bolted metal plates cast into the panels during the molding process. > > The design of the outer shell incorporates the patented Ekose'a gravity > geothermal convection double air envelope ( see figures 1 &2 ). Figure 1 > shows the direction of air flow during the cooling mode, where cool air is > drawn through each room in the structure by the cooling system ( see figure > 3 ). Figure 2 shows the direction of air flow during the heating mode. As > cold air falls inside the outer air space it forces air, which has been > heated by contact with the earth in the crawl space, back up and around the > inner envelope where it supplies make up air to the falling column at the > top of the structure. Where-as the Brookhaven laboratory monitoring ( > Jones,1981) of the original Ekose'a home designs ( Butler,1980) > incorporated a single undampered air envelope , the new double envelope, > with damper controlled air flow reduces interior heat loss and heat gain to > virtually zero. The new dampers also eliminate the possibility of smoke or > fire spreading through the envelope space. Infiltration losses are reduced > to virtual zero and cold interior walls are thereby eliminated. The > continuous gravity powered movement of air, pumps heat from deep in the > earth beneath the foundation to keep the interior envelope filled with deep > ground temperature air. The colder it gets outside, the more powerful the > pumping action inside the envelope. > > The double envelope concept also provides for ventilation and cooling > during intermittent periods when neither cooling nor heating is required . > Additional cooling is provided by the patented Ekose'a solar gravity > chimney air dehumidifier and evaporative cooling system. (see figure 3). > The solar heated outer chamber creates a differential between the density > of the air in the chimney and the rest of the house. This lighter air rises > up and out of the chimney, drawing air in through the air intake on the > opposite side of the chimney. As the air moves down through the chimney, it > is dehumidified, loosing moisture through to the exhaust side of the > chimney.. It then travels through underground tubes where it is cooled by > an evaporative cooling system and enters the distribution plenum in the > crawl space of the home. It is then distributed throughout each of the > rooms and pulled through exhaust dampers and channelled back to the base of > the solar chimney providing the make up air for the air that is being > exhausted out the top. This system provides every room with its own > separate, controllable moving air supply ( see figure 1) This provides > fresh circulating air 100% of the time during the cooling cycle and allows > the occupant to manually control the temperature of each room. > > The foundation of the structure functions as a self contained, > non-polluting decentralized utility plant. Containing 35 separate > interlocking lightweight concrete tanks ( see figures 1 &2 ) containing the > processing and storage equipment necessary to supply 100% of the utility > necessities, 100% of the time. The top layer of tanks are filled with air, > adding to the natural buoyancy of the structure enabling the foundation and > superstructure to float upright with its ground floor 3' above water level. > > Electricity is generated by roof mounted photovoltaic cells. These cells > provide the power to charge the storage batteries which are located in two > of the tanks of the floating foundation ( see figure 7 ). Both the > electrolytes and the electrodes would be maintained by the utility company. > The storage batteries are designed to provide sufficient power to last > during the longest period on record during which insufficient sunlight > would be available. Their size and capacity would therefore vary from > climate to climate and would be based on the total electric load. > > Rain water is filtered and stored in foundation tanks for domestic use. ( > see figure 6 ) Additional domestic water can be provided by the solar > powered evaporator condenser units. Grey water from sinks,lavatories, > showers and washing machines is collected and stored in tanks located in > the foundation where it can later be recalled for irrigation and > fertilization of the landscape or garden. > > Sanitary wastes are collected in foundation tank B ( see figure 8 ), > heated ( in a separate tank, B) and converted to methane gas ( stored in a > third tank C) and liquefied organic fertilizer ( stored in a fourth tank, > D), and finally, mixed with grey water to be distributed through an > irrigation system of pumped into a tank truck for reuse on commercial > agricultural crops. > > Hot water is provided by roof mounted solar heated glass vacuum tubes > containing alcohol gravity heat engines which convert diffuse or direct > solar isolation into hot water which is stored in tanks located in the > foundation ( see figure 5 ). The stored hot water is also used to drive the > solar chimney during overcast periods when there is insufficient direct sun > to drive the solar chimney. The capacity of the storage tanks is designed > for each climate and cooling load. > > A portion of the south facing envelope is used as a solarium living space > and greenhouse ( not shown). This space houses green foliage plants and > flowers which function to create and maintain adequate levels of oxygen > inside the home and filter the air. The plants generate (-) negative > electricity and charge ions of pollution floating in the air with a > negative charge causing them to be precipitated to the crawl space beneath > the house ( positively charged) resulting in dust, odor and pollution free > interior environment. Floral fragrances and the aesthetic beauty of the > flowers and green foliage plants have a positive psychological eng designed > to function for any conceivable use. > > All of the concepts and systems described above can adapted and/or > modified to fit any building design, including existing buildings. > > They are humbly offered, not as a panacea for sustainable construction, > but as an example of the concepts and direction we should consider for the > immediate future. > > > References > > Stone,I.F, 1988: The Trial of Socrates: Little Brown > Gore, Al, 1993: Earth in the Balance, Penguin Books > Jones, R. 1981: Case Study of the Ekose'a Mastin Double envelope house: > Brookhaven Laboratory > Butler, Lee P., 1980:Ekose'a Homes:Ekose'a, availible from the author > > Authors Footnote: > > The origional Ekose'a home is described in the book, Ekose'a Homes, > illustrating 23 designs which have been built all over the world. Many of > these homes have been monitored by National Laboratories and universities > (Jones,R.1981). > > > The above document, complete with preliminary patent drawings and diagrams > is availible for $50 US. It can be ordered from Ekotecture Inc. 323 Worth > Avenue, Palm Beach Florida or can be ordered by telephone and charged to > your credit card by calling 407-833-9007 > > > > > > Lee Porter Butler > 620 Biscayne Drive > West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 > 407-659-7656 =20 > > > .- > -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 16:47:34 GMT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: "Charles E. Morris" Organization: University of Pennsylvania Subject: BFI Institute Greetings all - I've been lurking around this newsgroup for a while - and I was wondering if someone could repost the physical address for the Buckminster Fuller Institute again - I know I saw it some time ago and I'd like to get some info from them for myself and a friend who is a teacher (and doesn't have access to the net, yet) Thanks in advance -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tat Tvam Asi ----------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 12:59:37 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: Re: BFI Institute In-Reply-To: ; from "Charles E. Morris" at May 10, 95 4:47 pm Charles E. Morris writes: > > Greetings all - > > I've been lurking around this newsgroup for a while - and I was wondering > if someone could repost the physical address for the Buckminster Fuller > Institute again - I know I saw it some time ago and I'd like to get some > info from them for myself and a friend who is a teacher (and doesn't have > access to the net, yet) > > Thanks in advance > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Tat Tvam Asi > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > .- > BUCKMINSTER FULLER INSTITUTE 2040 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 224 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 fon: 805-962-0022 fax: 805-962-4440 eml: bfi@aol.com Tony DeVarco, Executive Director -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 13:02:08 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: SELF-CONTAINED HOMES X-To: lbutler@gate.net May 10, 1995 Mr. Lee Porter Butler 620 Biscayne Dr. West Palm Beach, Florida 33480 407-659-7656 lbutler@gate.com Dear Lee, You may already be aware of the following, but just in case you're not, the inventor, R.Buckminster Fuller designed several self-contained houses and also habitations that floated on water. He touched on a lot of the same ideas that you use in your designs (double shells, self-contained, etc.). See: INVENTIONS, 4D House, pages 10- 29 DYMAXION WORLD OF BF, 4D House, pages 18- 21 & 86-91 INVENTIONS, Dymaxion House, pages 95-126 DYMAXION WORLD OF BF, Dymaxion House, pages 35- 37 & 128-41 CRITICAL PATH, Fly's Eye Dome, pages 310- 15 DYMAXION WORLD OF BF, Floating Habitation, pages 231- 33 CRITICAL PATH, Floating Habitation, pages 333- 35 PS: I have the DOME magazine article about you by J.Kelly (Fall '92,pp24-7). Also, see the patent on Counter-Torqued Tetrahedral Anchors in INVENTIONS, pages 194-200. PPS: I really do think that you're on the right track. I feel that the reason that dome homes haven't caught on is that they were not self- contained. Domes differed in shape with conventional houses but cost just the same or more! And homes anchored in water get us free from the real estaters. Also, Fuller's Floating Breakwater could not only protect a floating home, but create a harbor and generate electricity. (See INVENTIONS, pages 269-73 & 281-5.) / / -------- / __ \ \ / / \ \ \ \__/ \ \ / \ ---------- / / / -- JOE S MOORE joemoore@cruzio.com TEL: 408-464-3743 850 PARK AVE, # 3-A FAX: 408-479-0733 CAPITOLA, CA 95010 I hereby declare this post to be in the public domain. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 13:05:35 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: ccurtis@HALCYON.COM Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Subject: Re: Hexa-Pent Dome Plans > > Rick Bono writes: > > > > Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the Hex-pent dome Bucky designed > > for Popular Science? I have tried BFI but they couldn't locate them. The plans > > were orginally sold through Popular Science for about $15. Thanks. > > > > Rick > > .- > > > > Rick, > > Take a look at the Hexa-Pent patent (#3,810,336 granted 5-14-74). Also, the > article in Popular Science is dated May 1972 on pages 128-31. It has > dimensions, etc. It was actually patented by his architectural partner, Shoji > Sadao, and assigned to the firm Fuller & Sadao which is now in Long Island > City, NY, I believe. > If your looking for cheap plans on how to build a dome call Key Domes in Florida (305-665-3541). They have plans on building various size domes made of regular lumber and plywood for around $50. I ahve built two of them myself and liked them very much. I plan to build one more this summer in North Idaho. BTW, I find it interesting that so many people talk about leaking domes. Most if not all of them has never built a dome. I have never seen a dome leak, I guess it's because I'm not a professional builder. Go for your dome dreams, remember, It's NOT for everyone, just a special few who need something more in a structure. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 22:25:55 PDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Joe Moore Subject: GTU/Position Paper (fwd) Tak Utsumi writes: > From cc13ss.unity.ncsu.edu!listserv.ncsu.edu!mission-earth Wed May 10 16:24:06 1995 > Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 19:24:43 -0400 > Posted-Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 19:24:43 -0400 > Message-Id: > Errors-To: cwm@ccvs2.cc.ncsu.edu > Reply-To: mission-earth@listserv.ncsu.edu > Originator: mission-earth@listserv.ncsu.edu > Sender: mission-earth@listserv.ncsu.edu > Precedence: bulk > From: Tak Utsumi > To: joemoore@cruzio.com > Subject: GTU/Position Paper > X-Listserver-Version: 6.0 -- UNIX ListServer by Anastasios Kotsikonas > X-Comment: Discussion forum on simulation to aid in world planning and surviva l > > > > May 10, 1995 <<18:01:33>> > > Dear Electronic Colleagues: > > (1) Attached below is a position paper about the creation of a Global > Telecommunication University by the International Telecommunication > Union (a part of the United Nations), which was produced out of their > computer conferencing forum going on since March at -- > GTU information with Gopher at . > > (2) For those people who are not familiar with acronymus; > > GTU: Global Telecommunication University > > BDT: Telecommunication Development Bureau > > FOP: Field Operations Department > > HRD: Human Resource Development > > TIES: ITU Telecom Information Exchange System > > BAAP: Buenos Aires Action Plan > > LDC: Less Developed Countries > > (3) Johan Ernberg at ITU: > > Congratulations to your steady progress. > > Best, Tak > **************************************** > > > INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION > > Telecommunication Dev