EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The miniature geodesic dome that Buckminster Fuller built on the SIUE campus is celebrating his creation this weekend.
“The anniversary we’re marking with this weekend’s programming is the date he got his U.S. patent for the geodesic dome,” Benjamin Lowder, director of Fuller Dome Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, said. “He’s got 29 other patents, but that’s what he’s most famous for.”
Friday night, the campus is hosting a Bucky Fuller film screening. Then a lecture under the dome will take place Saturday at noon. The Sunday ceremony sounds will explore the unique acoustic properties with a sound bath experience…