a. Description

Egg Crate

Basic Assembly

Unit

R. BUCKMINSTER

FULLER

(1950):

*-

The Artifacts of

R. Buckminster Fuller:

A Comprehensive

Collection of his

Designs and Drawings,

James Ward, Ed.,

Garland, New York,

(1984)

Dome which results from half of the volume of a sphere which is produced by the regular array of 15 inscribed circles.

These circles subdivide the surface of the sphere and dome into a pattern made of triangular areas which are combined to form diamonds. Each diamond is then subdivided into a grid of eight interlocking struts.

This case can create even, oriented, and continuous enclosures.