The exhibition, Architecting the Future: Buckminster Fuller and Norman Foster, will feature the only original prototype in existence of Fuller's revolutionary, low cost, off the grid, autonomous dwelling machine: The Fly's Eye Dome along with his famous omni-directional, jump-jet transport system the Dymaxion car, recently reconstructed by renowned British architect, Lord Norman Foster.
The works will be on view in an open air space at 39th street and 1st Court through December 4th. A tour of the installation will take place on December 3, 2011 from 10-11 a.m with John Warren, Buckminster Fuller's principle collaborator on the Fly's Eye domes.
The installation, a Miami Design District Dacra Project with in-kind support from The Buckminster Fuller Institute, sets the stage for further evolution of these ideas and structures and includes an exhibition on both the dome and the car; a series of films about Fuller and Foster; tours; and a talk between renowned architect Norman Foster and contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson on Fuller's influence on their lives and work as part of Design Miami's Design Talks series.
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