Posted: January 8th, 2008 | Author: John Zerning | Filed under: Pergola | Tags: garden pergola | No Comments »
Note that geodesic domes with a fourfold symmetry can be augmented, analogous to orthogonal plane tessellations.
Twin Domed Pergola
Twin Domed Pergola
Twin Domed Pergola
Posted: January 6th, 2008 | Author: John Zerning | Filed under: Pergola | Tags: garden pergola, H.S. Schwartz | No Comments »
These surfaces are referred to as Schwarz’s periodic minimal surfaces, in honour of the mathematician H.S. Schwarz who first explored them in 1867. These periodic minimal surfaces can be tessellated into hexagons and heptagons consisting of equal length edges, The design of this highly efficient structure was inspired by recent research in Fullerenes.
Saddle Shaped Pergola
Saddle Shaped Pergola