Events: detail
Zome: from live-in sculpture to a language for understanding the structure of space
- Hosted by:
- London Knowledge Lab - Institute of Education
- Speaker:
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Paul Hildebrandt, Zometool
- Starts:
- February 14, 2008 at 05:30 pm
- Ends:
- February 14, 2008 at 06:30 pm
- Location:
- London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
The London Knowledge Lab is hosting a special lecture to celebrate the installation of our magnificent Zome model, the “omnitruncated 120 cell”, constructed from 21,360 parts of the Zometool geometrical construction system. The model presents a shadow in the three dimensional world of a geometrical shape defined in four dimensions.
Our distinguished speaker, PAUL HILDEBRANDT, is co-developer of the Zome system and founder of the Zometool company in Colorado, USA. His lecture will be titled, “Zome: from live-in sculpture to a language for understanding the structure of space.” He will describe how the roots of the Zome system draw on the inspiration of art, architecture and mathematics, and touch on the deep structure of nature and numbers.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
The lecture will commence at 5.30pm. Tea will be served from 5.00pm. There will be a reception after the lecture, starting at 7.00pm.
We are also planning several Zometool workshops with Paul Hildebrandt to be held on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 February. If you are interested to be involved in these, please contact Phillip Kent. For more information about the lecture and workshops, see www.lkl.ac.uk/events/zome .
The Omnitruncated 120-cell is a product of the Bridges London 2006 Conference [ www.lkl.ac.uk/events/bridges], held at the Institute of Education and LKL in August 2006, using Zometool parts kindly donated by Zometool, Inc.
To reserve a place for the lecture, please contact Phillip Kent, p.kent [ at ] ioe.ac.uk, 020 7763 2156. Please indicate, for planning of catering, if you are able to attend the reception.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Phillip Kent
- Phone:
- 020 7763 2156
- Email:
- p.kent [ at ] ioe.ac.uk
- Website:
- Zome: from live-in sculpture to a language for understanding the structure of space
