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FLY’S EYE DOME™ (1978-2014)
BUCKMINSTER FULLER
a commision by the Buckminster Fuller Institute
In 1965 Buckminster Fuller patented the Fly’s Eye Dome, an advanced structural system described as an “autonomous dwelling machine.” Prototypes began to be built by hand in 1977, and by 1983 three of the fiberglass spheres in various sizes (12-foot, 24-foot, 50-foot) had been produced. Fuller died before he was able ot realize his vision for the structure. However, almost 50 years later, the design, a Monohex variation of the geodesic dome, can clearly be seen as a forerunner of today’s green building movement. In 2011, collector Craig Robins acquired the 24-foot prototype with the intention of exhibiting it and using it as inspiration for a key element of the Miami Design District. The following year, the Buckminster Fuller Institute, in partnership with GoetzComposites, ConformLab and DRDesign, began the development of a program to complete Fuller’s vision, using advanced technologies and materials not available to Fuller in the 1970’s. BFI was then commissioned to produce a Fly’s Eye Dome utilizing state-of-the-art materials, intelligence and techniques, to be prominently incorporated in the Miami Design District.
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