Dymaxion

Japanese: Dymaxion
Dymaxion

...One of these was the "Project Dymaxion" that began in 1927. "Dymaxion" was a term coined by Fuller, and it means to obtain maximum efficiency with minimum energy input. The project produced the Dymaxion House and the Dymaxion Car. The other was the idea of ​​structuring buildings as a combination of discontinuous compression and continuous tension, which resulted in the "geodesic dome" (the American Pavilion at the Montreal World's Fair in 1967, etc.).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Dymaxion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その一つが1927年に始まる〈ダイマクション計画〉である。〈ダイマクションDymaxion〉とはフラーの造語で,最小のエネルギー入力で最大の効率をひき出すことを意味し,同計画はダイマクション・ハウス,ダイマクション自動車などを生む。もう一つは,建造物を不連続の圧縮と連続する引張りの複合として構造化しようとする着想で,これは〈ジオデシック・ドームgeodesic dome〉に結実した(モントリオール万国博アメリカ館,1967など)。…

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