Buckminster Fuller had many lifelong interests one of them being to use technology to revolutionize construction and improve human housing. Bucky had a life changing turn around in his life when he almost committed suicide. he worked towards making the world better. by making things for humanity, to help us out while being efficient as he possibly could.
Dymaxion house
The Dymaxion Car was invented to reduce water use by a “greywater system”, “packaging commode”, and a “fogger” to replace showers.
Bucky also invented a car during the great depression that was lightweight held up to 11 people (20 feet in length), got up to speeds of 90 mph and had 30 miles per gallon.
Bucky also had a passion for constriction and design. He made another invention that most people are aware of its called the Geodesic dome
A geodesic dome is a circular thin-shell structure based on a geodesic polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome are “structurally rigid and distribute the structural stress throughout the structure”, making geodesic domes able to withstand very heavy weight for their size.
The geodesic Dome at Disney was manufactured and and designed by disney, but was made in a way for Buckminster.
“Fly’s Eye” A 50 foot dome.The dome was originally intended to provide economical, efficient housing.
Buckminster was someone Ive come to respect as a designer, he was thinking about the bigger picture from what I’ve researched and he was using his skill to benefit not only for what the purpose of his invention was but for the better of the earth.
Website
- https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller about Bucky
- https://youtu.be/MtftRuSkU6c