BUCKY FULLER - DYMAXION
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Buckminster Fuller is probably most famous for his Geodesic Dome and the Dymaxion House. Although not an architect, one of his greatest dreams was to create mass produced housing. The opportunity arose in 1944 when there was a need for mass housing when aircraft factories were finding it difficult to keep their workers interested due to the over crowded housing provided for the workers. He had also designed the Dymaxion Deployment Unit, and thousands of units were actually ordered by the U.S. Army. Furthermore, he had designed the Dymaxion bathroom and the Dymaxion car. Fuller’s dream was to create a factory line of mass production of houses. 46
T H E P R E FA B R I C AT E D H O U S E S T H AT C O N VENTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY CHOOSES TO CANONI Z E A N D C E L E B R AT E , M A I N LY B E C AU S E T H E Y WERE DESIGNED BY FA M O U S A R C H I T E C T S, WERE ALL COMPLETE FA I L U R E S B Y A N Y O B JECTIVE, NON-ARCHITECTURAL MEASURE.”
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