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Invisible Architecture:
"Judge, at considerable distances, to a 64th of an inch accuracy, the diameter of the female leg.
"One of the last trends of humanity that we take up is this ephemeral aesthetic, its intuitive apprehending and conceiving capability, and its now looming major importance in the guidance of human affairs. I will discuss this trend from the viewpoint of my own experience with geodesic domes, which are so relatively ephemeral as to weigh an average of only three percent of the weight of the best alternate clear-span solutions of structural engineering… strong enough to handle nature’s fiercest winds, snow loads, and temperature extremes.
“My kind of work deals with how to find the ecological problems involved and how to solve them, hoping thereby to bring about the occupant’s satisfaction at the earliest possible moment. That is, I deal with the hows of mathematics and economics, the hows of industrial production and distribution, assembly, and service. I don’t even consider how any structure is going to look until after it is finished. If, when finished, the structure seems beautiful, I know it is all right. To me, ‘beautiful’ apparently emerges as an ejaculation, spontaneously released by my total set of subconscious control coordinates.”
