John Zerning » Gourd http://www.johnzerning.com Garden Trellises - Architectural Space Frames Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Gourd-shaped geodesic envelop http://www.johnzerning.com/gourd-shaped-geodesic-envelop/ http://www.johnzerning.com/gourd-shaped-geodesic-envelop/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 11:05:06 +0000 John Zerning http://www.johnzerning.com/?p=223 Truncated geodesic domes of different sizes can be joined together forming a continuous envelop. The drawings show a truncated dome with an apse. The dome has a 6-frequency octahedral symmetry and the apse a 3-frequency octahedral symmetry. Notice the clean geometry along the cross-section where the truncated dome and apse join.

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