R. Buckminster Fuller. Chart of 4D Tower. 1928.
James Turrell. Roden Crater Site Plans. 1979
Walter Russell. The Wave Cycle, The Cube and the Sphere are the Sole Working Tools of Creation, Basic Principle of Space Geometry, Geometry and Mathematics of Octave Waves, Analysis of the Octave Bar Magnet, Thermo-Dynamic Series. 1959.
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Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil, Untitled (Sue), ca. 1950.
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Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil, Light Borne In Darkness, ca. 1951.
Source: rauschenbergfoundation.org
Claude Bragdon. Luxorgan. 1920.
Ephraim Chambers, A Ship of War in the British Royal Navy, circa 1728.
Ivan Leonidov. Proposal for the Lenin Institute in Moscow. 1927.
AIM: To answer the needs of contemporary life through maximum use of the possibilities of technology.
THEME: The Lenin Institute is the collective knowledge center of the USSR.
LOCATION: Where the new city is developing. Lenin Hills in Moscow.
CONSTlTUENT PARTS: A library with 15 million volumes of books and 5 reading rooms of 500-1000 seat capacity, and an institute of librarianship.
Auditoria varying in capacity from 250-4000 people. A scientific theater, i.e. planetarium. Research institutes for individual academic work.
MECHANIZATION: Library — Delivery of books to the reader and back into the stacks takes place through vertical and horizontal conveyor systems; upon request from the catalogue hall, the books are automatically delivered to the reading rooms.
Auditoria — The research institute is linked to the auditoria and reading rooms, and feature a whole series of devices: telephones, radios, and remote televisual equipment. By this arrangement the entire academic staff of the institute can work together simultaneously on a single project.
Planetarium — The sphere is convertible into a science theater after projection screens are installed along the inside skin.
The connection with Moscow itself is made by an aerial tramway with a central aerodrome for the suspended roadway. The connection with the world is through a powerful radio station.
MATERIALS: Glass, steel, reinforced concrete. -The Charnel House
Joost Schmidt. Mechanical Stage Design. 1926.
Frederick Kiesler. The Vision Machine. 1938.