Geodesic Dome • 'Deconstructed'

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People's Meeting Dome • 2012 • Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark • Kristoffer Tejlgaard and Benny Jepsen, architects • 'The ambition was therefore to understand the geodesic domes construction, and then deconstruct its sacred geometry, in a way where we do not oppose, but respect its properties • The deconstruction enables the dome to become an unlocked shape, but can be split up and scaled, so that the cut dome may be shaped by it's site and features • It can form niches, crevices and corners, defining, opening and hiding • By splitting the dome, we created niches at the entrances that were oriented towards the access to the site • Inside niches provide the framework for the various internal functions and indirect lighting' • Timber struts • Wood plank exterior 'panels' • Transparent, flexible-sheet PVC windows • Windows coplanar with great-circles • Geodesic basis: Icosahedron • Tessellation: Class I • Frequency: 4v • Click on purple model logo, to read forum discussion • Architecture webpage description: #buckminster #dome #fuller #geodesic #icosahedron #polyhedra #polyhedron