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R. Buckminster Fuller 巴克敏斯特．富勒
Carl Solway Gallery 卡爾．索維畫廊
Duo-Tet Star Polyhedra 雙四面體組合之星形多面體
1980
Best known for his geodesic domes, the designer, inventor, theorist, and
futurist R. Buckminster Fuller produced this sculptural object to articulate his
thinking on dynamic structural systems. Specifically, the Duo-Tet Star Polyhedra
combines his ideas of tensegrity—which describes the forces that hold
structural components together in continuous tension—and vector equilibrium,
which refers to a state of geometric stability. In the colour-coded object, two
tetrahedra (in red and magenta) intersect to create a cube and an octahedron
(in white and yellow, respectively) between which a vector equilibrium emerges
(in chrome), along with two radial vectors (in orange). The result is not a static
structure but rather a dynamic one in suspension, thus challenging classical
principles of architecture and exemplifying the complex layering of information
and interdependencies that is the basis of much of Fuller’s thinking.
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