The Hidden History of the Geodesic Dome - Part 2: The Genius of Walther Bauersfeld

Website: www.ZipTieDome... - "The Hidden History of the Geodesic Dome - Part 2: The Genius of Walther Bauersfeld" traces the development of the geodesic dome from the invention of the icosahedron by Plato through the completion of the world's first Geodesic Dome by Walther Bauersfeld in Jena, Germany in 1924. The other scientific achievements of Walther Bauersfeld, such as the development of the Zeiss Model 1, which was the world's first Planetarium Projector are also discussed. The video also describes the introduction of Walter Gropius and other members of the Bauhaus School in Weimar, Germany to Walther Bauersfeld and the Zeiss Planetarium team in Jena Germany in 1924, with further details provided in the following video. This is the 2nd video in a 5 part series.
Music: Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, 2nd Movement, Valse: Moderato - Tempo di valse

[@stoopefyin]

Very good video - I like the way you explained how the frequency works - with the 5 way connection at every 72 degrees - it really clarified the dome to me - I love this series- and I think your ziptie domes are great!

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks, Aletha. I spent about 3 months making these 5 videos, so your positive comments are a great encouragement to you. Thanks again, John Hurt

[@codyscottrose4739]

The information and presentation was very well done on this.

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks!

[@markmarsh27]

I've been trying to understand how Geodesics are calculated and designed for DECADES. ... and NOW I GET IT! .... Great work Zip Tie! .... subscribed!

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks Mark! I really appreciate your comments. John Hurt

[@blueckaym]

Amazing! That history of the geo-dome design inception was a real eye opener for me! I really love to be able to follow a great thinker mental process, and this video delivered just that! P.S. It was from your videos that I also learned that I 10 years ago actually have been in the first geo-dome (well technically speaking the 2nd - wasn't the one on the rooftop of Zeiss factory) - the Jena planetarium. And it's funny to think that at the time I had no idea of the history of the dome. I only learned about the Zeiss planetarium projector back then. And curious fact - they're still using it as part of the planetarium show. While most of it is nowadays done with modern projectors of course. But at the end of the show they switched on the Zeiss projector, so we could basically see how the first planetarium projection looked like. It was a bit underwhelming at the first moment, because after switching from a modern color projector showing all kinds of images, it's like you basically see the regular night sky ... but then your brain kicks in, and gives you the idea how that was actually achieved, and that idea can be mind-blowing! :) Thank you John!

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks, I appreciate your comments, and wish I could travel as you have. What a great experience. John

[@howtogetoutofbabylon8978]

I just finish watching every one of the videos in this series! You have graced us all with Wonderful research, amazing insights, and phenomenal lessons to be learned!!! It seemsprovidential that I just found this series as I was wanting to talk to you about inventing and combining technologies which is exactly what you say here!!! I hope it'll be able to talk to you soon!! Jerry Diamond Imperium

[@kickinghorse2405]

That projector is so amazing!

[@ZipTieDomes]

Yes, Walther Bauersfeld was a real genius. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@dekay5555555]

I really find the first to videos well informed and look forward to the rest

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thank you, David, for all of your comments. John Hurt

[@halasimov1362]

Wow the idea of projection mapping domes invented the first geodome! Mind blown

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks, Hal. Yes, it is pretty awesome what Bauersfeld created. Thanks again, John Hurt

[@gordybishop2375]

This would make a great movie

[@ZipTieDomes]

It does have an interesting story line. Bauersfeld, Gropius, and Fuller are each a very good story on their own, but when you link them together, it becomes truly fascinating. Thank you for your comment. John Hurt

[@go4acro]

Wow nice, will go check it out.

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@utube091116]

XLnt, nice date cross linking history

[@m1galler]

wasnt buckminster fuller somewhere in the mix.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Damn right

[@ZipTieDomes]

He came later, and got the idea of the Geodesic Dome from from Bauersfeld through the Bauhaus school.

[@Houbaraoutdoors]

Thanks sir, appreciated 👍

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks again! John

[@user-lt9so5ge3j]

You can give photos of the construction process Bauersfeld domes in this video, please. I student, and do presentation for this theme. I live in Qazaqstan and developing geodesic domes. Your material is a discovery for me! Thank you!

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks, I appreciate your comments. Thank you for watching these videos. John Hurt

[@markhuebner7580]

Beautiful historical perspective on "Buckminster Fuller's Idea"! Somehow I am thinking there is a structure that provide consistent loads across the members through every rotation, maybe the dodecahedron. I was surprised to see Pentagon's amidst the triangles/hexagons, that were establishing the "frequency" of the different domes. I do wonder about the load variations among the different vertices across the dome.

[@ZipTieDomes]

That is great, Mark. Yes, there is a lot to consider, and maybe room for new innovations with geodesic domes. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@lorilange8654]

Wow very informative I learned a lot thank you!!!

[@ZipTieDomes]

I appreciate your comments. Thanks, John Hurt

[@elhoucinesadi7735]

Wonderful informations Thanks for the video

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks! John Hurt

[@jafinch78]

Very interesting the origin and at least history. Appears the similar Middle Eastern and Russian designs are not constructed the same. However, got me thinking about making PVC or Fiberglass Forms to make the domes using ferrocement for a longer/longest lasting design. Probably not the most energy complete lifecycle to produce the materials budget best... though can be an interesting mass energy balance or calculation to compute for the lifecycle of the structure and materials and labor to build.

[@pixelspring]

great information!

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks!

[@johnaweiss]

15:03 this Bauersfeld dome looks complicated to me. In what way is it less complicated than a Fuller dome? How do you know this Bauersfeld dome can't support as much weight as a Fuller dome?

[@ZipTieDomes]

That was Bauersfeld's grid shell dome, with the rebar swirling up in a non-geodesic dome pattern. Fuller's design is better for larger domes, but when this planetarium was built in the 1920's, they did not have Fuller's input. So they used a grid shell design. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@brentdobson1939]

A vital subject ....in my view ....and nicely handled . Might it be expected.. that someday soon ....A.I. obtaining Singularity... subsumes energy economy directives... from yesterdays' monetary delusions ...and wins all the forward days for humankind and the planet ?

[@ZipTieDomes]

If AI achieves singularity, I would be afraid to use my toaster oven, or even go outdoors. And I don't think a dome will help us either. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@jafinch78]

Anyone you know of used ABS or HDPE pipe? Wondering most cost effective and longest lasting to use since UV is brutal on PVC that is not UV treated or coated from the plastics that block or reflect.

[@gitv2987]

A Walther B and a Walter G, I have a dog named Walter, with two names in our house because of divorce, which would be Walter C or Walter H, ironically following both names.. I bought my mom a greenhouse, a non-deca design though, although there has always been a small geodesic greenhouse, down the road, that has plastic flapping in the wind, that was part of my inspiration on the gift..

[@ZipTieDomes]

That is very interesting!

[@gitv2987]

had noticed the letters in my name are the same number of spacing as the Buckminster Fuller, all just numbers and letters, haha.. But his first name Richard wouldn't line up.. I had recently been playing numbers games with past people and dates, and usually just come up with anagrams of the years, all for fun, of course..

[@gitv2987]

just looked up buck and he died in 1983 in L.A., and I was born in 1982, close by, in Whittier.. I wanted to be an architect, until i did a paper on it, and realized it was nothing but boring straight lines, and that toilets seemed to be the curviest items you had to draw, so I was immediately bored..

[@gitv2987]

Also noticed he was the inspiration behind the epcot ball containing spaceship earth, if you find any information on it, that would make for a great documentary for you to share also fam..

[@ZipTieDomes]

@@gitv2987 Thanks!

[@kubrakilic1025]

How long did it take to build the first planetarium on the Zeiss factory?

[@ZipTieDomes]

I believe around 6 months. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@kubrakilic1025]

@@ZipTieDomes Thankyou! Is the dome still on top of the building?

[@kubrakilic1025]

And is it possible to go in there?

[@ZipTieDomes]

@@kubrakilic1025 No, it was taken down years ago.

[@ZipTieDomes]

@@kubrakilic1025 Nope.

[@larrygubas7205]

I wish you could pronounce the name (Bauersfeld) correctly. Otherwise this is a wonderful posting.

[@ZipTieDomes]

I am lucky to talk at all, and do the best I can. I wish I could pronounce "Bauersfeld", "axial", and "Buckminster" correctly too. I do pretty good with "Fuller" and "geodesic", also my own name when approached by the police. Otherwise, these videos are a lot of fun, and I hope you have enjoyed them like I have. Thanks for your comment. John Hurt

[@ristube3319]

Pythagorean’s theorem was about the last thing I thought I’d see ever again. I Guess he must’ve been a straight D-student huh?🤣.

[@ZipTieDomes]

It is the D students that are changing the world. The straight A students are better at taking orders from someone else. The Greeks had it all figured out, if you need a "new idea", go look at your history book. I appreciate your comments. Thank you for watching the video. John Hurt

[@codyscottrose4739]

@@ZipTieDomes according too a book I'm reading called "Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids" by Conor MacDari, everything the Greeks had come to know came from Eire, or, the original Ireland homeland that may have been the very heart of the ancient world as far back as can be traced in time. The technology and society was made up of the people that were the founders of all civilized societies apparently including Egypt, Greece and Rome. History is so interesting.

[@shaeshae9831]

actually I beg to differ the best person that ever made a geodesic dome is the heavenly father he made the best one of all it's called Earth

[@ZipTieDomes]

You are right! Our best designs are only primitives copies of what God has already created. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

Hebrew, Egyptian, Babylon, Norse... They all knew the truth about our cosmology.

[@randolphfriend8260]

❤

[@ZipTieDomes]

Thanks!

[@qanononabong8491]

Bauersfeld is pronounced "Bowersfeld", not "Bayersfeld".

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

WWGOWGA

[@id104335409]

Meanwhile we still have people who think Earth is flat.

[@ZipTieDomes]

It takes all kinds to make an interesting world.

[@DelfinoGarza77]

What about the triforce?

[@ZipTieDomes]

I already have one. Do you need it, I am not using it at present.

[@hiilikeyourbeard]

you live inside a dome, obviously.

[@ZipTieDomes]

I do have a hat that looks like a dome, so in a way, at least my brain lives inside a dome. Thanks for watching. John Hurt

[@hiilikeyourbeard]

@@ZipTieDomes and the dome above your head. rainbows prove that simple fact. thanks for the video and God bless

[@hiilikeyourbeard]

@@antman7673 huh?

[@byronbackyard8950]

Fuller sounds like a dangerous fellow.

[@ZipTieDomes]

He made the world a better place when he took someone else's ideas and improved them. He was not as successful with developing his own original ideas. That is a good lesson for all of us. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@md61211]

1:26 is the ancestor of our current corona virus

[@ZipTieDomes]

It does look similar. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@DelfinoGarza77]

What about dungeon and dragons?

[@ZipTieDomes]

Sounds great!

[@flatearthfisherman7153]

The Earth is Flat. There is no supersonic spinning ball

[@ZipTieDomes]

I hope you do not fall off the edge, it is a long ways down.

[@flatearthfisherman7153]

Zip Tie Domes That’s funny, because you “believe” you’re pinned to the side of a ball that’s spinning over 1000mph while going around the sun at 66,600mph while the sun tows the earth through a vacuum at over 500,000mph while the whole mess goes around the great attractor at 1,300,000mph. Now who sounds in the most peril? You do know that astronauts are actors, and we never went to the moon. Don’t you know that all images of earth are computer generated?

[@flatearthfisherman7153]

Zip Tie Domes Ohh yeah, those are elliptical orbits. That means that not only are we spinning and orbiting in multiple directions at ridiculous speeds, we’re also speeding up, and slowing down by 1000’s of mph. Funny how no motion can be detected by any experiment ever.

[@jafinch78]

@@flatearthfisherman7153 I hope whatever cult programmed, brain washed you and mind controls you is apprehended since I'm guessing you've been drug poisoned to believe Fake News and other cults most likely in the commission of a crime in some way(s). I'm guessing aliens brain washed you with cult Fake News.

[@flatearthfisherman7153]

@@jafinch78 So wait, you “believe” you can walk around a ball like an ant. Worse yet, when you do it, you’re always on the top of the ball. Dahhhh everyone is on top of your magic ball right?? And you think I’m the crazy one?? If you “believe” you’re moving faster than the speed of sound around a curve while you’re in three elliptical orbits at ridiculous speeds and floating in a vacuum, then you’re a Science Denying Religious Zealot who’s thrown away your physics books so that you can kneel down at the alter of Globe Earth Religion. You’re the crazy person who dribbles and drools over computer generated images and hoaxed moon landings. Remember your the nut job who “believes” you’re constantly accelerating and decelerating. You’re the one who “believes” you’re moving in multiple directions at once. Globe Earth is a Religion based on pseudoscience and science fiction, followed by the willfully ignorant and bozo zombies 🧟‍♂️

[@paxwallacejazz]

Wait Bucky Fuller! WTF

[@ZipTieDomes]

Yes, Walther developed the first geodesic dome. Thanks for watching the video.

[@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363]

Please I need to find someone who can help me build super strong amphibious sphere homes that have radiation protection and have stuff on it so they can help us survive disasters and doomsday event and wars.

[@ZipTieDomes]

That is a great idea. I will put that on my to do list. Thanks for watching the video. John Hurt

[@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363]

@@ZipTieDomes Please I need to find some people who can help me build them. I want to build them maybe we can build them together I've got big plans for them. we need to build them fast I'm super serious. If I could meet up with you Id like to talk to you about them.

[@biggestd1161]

A people you check out the Flat Earth right on this video at 4: 10

[@wolfgangboettcher3126]

Abwarten

[@ZipTieDomes]

Warte nicht zu lange. John Hurt

[@ye77a]

[@LEXICOGRAFFER]

Might a more accurate pronunciation be "bowers-felled"?

[@ZipTieDomes]

Yes, and I try to do the best that I can with my grasp of pronouncing Germanic Names in the English Language. Being raised in the South, and living up in a holler with a bunch of moonshiners, I am lucky to be able to read and write, or even have shoes on my feet in the winter. So the pronunciation of "Bauersfeld" as "whatever" was just me grabbing at straws. Bowers-felled - yes, I can remember that. By the way, did you know that "Georgia" is pronounced "Jaw-ja" by the people that live in Georgia, and "George-Ah" by outsiders? That is how we spot outsiders before we corral them and hang them out to dry. Be sure to bring plenty of money when you travel down South. Have a great day, and I hope I made you laugh. John Hurt

[@scalerule]

nothing New under the Sun.

[@redhotskydancer]

it is just chicken wire

[@ZipTieDomes]

Yes, the covered the dome with wire and sprayed cement on it. Thanks for watching the videos. John Hurt