tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7863851772238228501..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Dymaxion House – Buckminster FullerPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-29762764143134162562010-03-04T18:06:58.571+13:002010-03-04T18:06:58.571+13:00PC
Wow!
Now that is good. I think that has to b...PC<br /><br />Wow!<br /><br />Now that is good. I think that has to be the fundamental significance of the house. <br /><br />---<br /><br />Sam P<br /><br />The point is that it's a "living machine" in the sense that a car is a "travelling machine". That approach makes it possible to build houses for very low cost. <br /><br />Now as far as aesthetics are concerned- that's why we hire a real good architect (an Objectivist) who understands the goals of the whole scheme. Then it should be possible to achieve elegance AND low cost. That would be a high quality house. <br /><br /> <br /><br />LGMLGMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-75864234045814855442010-03-04T16:08:50.708+13:002010-03-04T16:08:50.708+13:00It looks like Mr Fuller has designed the living qu...It looks like Mr Fuller has designed the living quarters of the Starship Enterprise.Sir Arthur Streeb-Greeblinghttp://lollyscramble.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-9833583906272450672010-03-04T14:59:22.782+13:002010-03-04T14:59:22.782+13:00@Sam. Quite agree.
I don't think Bucky ever ...@Sam. Quite agree.<br /><br />I don't think Bucky ever read Frank LW's 'Art & Craft of the Machine.' Sadly.<br /><br />So that's not to say good industrialised housing can't be done. Just hasn't been yet.<br /><br />@LGM: From memory, the US$40,000 tag was costed to include the capital to produce the house. Marginal cost of each subsequent house would presumably have been much smaller.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-15887401096051346942010-03-04T14:22:07.444+13:002010-03-04T14:22:07.444+13:00This is just awful. Its top priority is convenien...This is just awful. Its top priority is convenience as allowed by the lords of geometry. The design muse is the ideal of a centralised sewage system! Go have your Yugo. <br /><br />Now that Californian bungalow... that's for humans!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-18027329469563932162010-03-03T07:31:58.063+13:002010-03-03T07:31:58.063+13:00US$40,000! I wonder what it would cost to build s...US$40,000! I wonder what it would cost to build something like this now.<br /><br />LGMLGMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-19661073581857425492010-03-03T07:31:09.627+13:002010-03-03T07:31:09.627+13:00Now that is very interesting. Food for thought.
...Now that is very interesting. Food for thought.<br /><br />LGMLGMnoreply@blogger.com