A Homage to Buckminster Fuller

A Homage to Buckminster Fuller

As part of the project-oriented studies (PST), my students designed and implemented an interactive artifact as a homage to Buckminster Fuller. Buckminster Fuller was an architect whose work inspired various disciplines through his design concepts such as the geodesic dome and tensegrity structures. The interactive artifact is inspired by Fuller's tensegrity structures, which emphasize balance and interconnection. When a user touches the tip of a tensegrity strut, the artifact responds with light and sound.

During the project, the students conducted research on Buckminster Fuller's work. Then, they created three different tensegrity prototypes and demonstrated the use of soft- and hardware to implement a functional prototype. Finally, they presented their work in the Audimax at the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences.

A project by Josue Tanguy Noukeu, Febin Santhosh, Julian Spielmann, Almonder Zoubi, Umidsher Jumaboev and Teodor Ovanesyan. Supervised by Jessica Broscheit. Sound by Mark Boombastik.