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Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas

Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas

Part of

People

  • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)
  • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)

Title

Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas

Dates of creation

1990-1992

Level of archival description

Série

Extent and Medium

  • 40 photographies
  • 0.04 m.l. de documents textuels

Scope and Content

Cette série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay d'un des exemples construit du Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, à Wichita, Kansas, aux États-Unis. Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, concept conçu par Buckminster Fuller et considéré comme le précurseur du dôme géodésique, visait a créer un mode d'habitation donnant un maximun d'espace pour un minimum de coût et de matériaux. L'exemple du Wichita House est conçu par Fuller en 1945-1946. "L'apparence de cette machine à habiter ressemble quelque peu à une soucoupe volante. Avec sa peau externe en aluminium et ses fenêtres en plexiglass, elle offre un surface élégante et profilée, tout en renferman un espace au sol de 1100 pieds carrées." [1] Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine est abandonné en 1970, pour être finalement acquise en 1990 par le Henry Ford Museum à Detroit, au Michigan. La structure est démantelé la même année avec l'aide d'un ancien collaborateur de Buckminster Fuller, Jay Baldwin. Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine est toujours visible au Ford Museum.

La série contient des photographies de la Wichita House avant et durant le démantèlement, brochures et feuillets du Wichita Art Museum présentant l'exposition de Robert Duchesnay sur le bâtiment, correspondance reçue par Duchesnay sur son projet de documentation des dômes géodésiques de Buckminster Fuller, et coupures de presse sur le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine et le démantèlement de la Wichita House.

[1] Robert Duchesnay, "Dymaxion Dwelling Machine", 2022, https://robertduchesnay.com/fr/dymaxion-fr/ (page consultée 27 février 2023).

Reference Number

AP115.S1

Arrangement

Cette série était auparavant divisée en deux sous-séries: AP115.S1.D1 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine in its state in 1990, et AP115.S1.D2 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine during progressive dismantling in 1992. Pour alléger le cadre de classement, les deux sous-séries ont été retirées et les dossiers décrivant le matériel directement classés sous la série.

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    • Reference Number: AP115.S1.001
    • Title: Photographies du Dymaxion Dwelling Machine en état, Wichita, Kansas
    • Dates of creation: 1990
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 17

    People:

    • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
    • R. Buckminster Fuller (architect)
    • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 21 photographies

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 26 x 26 cm

    Location:

    Wichita Kansas United States

    Credit line:

    Fonds Robert Duchesnay
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Robert Duchesnay/
    Gift of Robert Duchesnay

    Copyright:

    © Robert Duchesnay

    Folder Number:

    115-001-001

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP115.S1.002
    • Title: Photographies du Dymaxion Dwelling Machine durant démantèlement, Wichita, Kansas
    • Dates of creation: 1992
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 19

    People:

    • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
    • R. Buckminster Fuller (architect)
    • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 19 photographies

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 35.5 x 28 cm

    Location:

    Wichita Kansas United States

    Credit line:

    Fonds Robert Duchesnay
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Robert Duchesnay/
    Gift of Robert Duchesnay

    Copyright:

    © Robert Duchesnay

    Folder Number:

    115-001-002

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP115.S1.003
    • Title: Brochures du Wichita Art Museum avec promotion de l'exposition de Robert Duchesnay sur le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas
    • Dates of creation: 1992
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
    • R. Buckminster Fuller (architect)
    • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 m.l. de documents textuels

    Location:

    Wichita Kansas United States

    Credit line:

    Fonds Robert Duchesnay
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Robert Duchesnay/
    Gift of Robert Duchesnay

    Copyright:

    © Robert Duchesnay

    Folder Number:

    115-001-003

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    • Reference Number: AP115.S1.004
    • Title: Correspondance reçue à propos du travail de documentation de Robert Duchesnay, Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas
    • Dates of creation: 1989-1995
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
    • R. Buckminster Fuller (architect)
    • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

    Description:

    Copies des lettres originales. Comprends des lettres de la Buchminster Fuller Institute, du Wichita Art Museum, de Heritage Canada et du Conseil des Arts du Canada.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 m.l. de documents textuels

    Location:

    Wichita Kansas United States

    Credit line:

    Fonds Robert Duchesnay
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Robert Duchesnay/
    Gift of Robert Duchesnay

    Copyright:

    © Robert Duchesnay

    Folder Number:

    115-001-004

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    • Reference Number: AP115.S1.005
    • Title: Coupures de presse sur le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine et son démantèlement, Dymaxion Dwelling Marchine, Wichita, Kansas
    • Dates of creation: 1992-2001
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
    • R. Buckminster Fuller (architect)
    • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 m.l. de documents textuels

    Location:

    Wichita Kansas United States

    Credit line:

    Fonds Robert Duchesnay
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Robert Duchesnay/
    Gift of Robert Duchesnay

    Copyright:

    © Robert Duchesnay

    Folder Number:

    115-001-005

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    • Reference Number: AP115.S1.006
    • Title: Coupures de presse sur le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas
    • Dates of creation: 1946-1991
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
    • R. Buckminster Fuller (architect)
    • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

    Description:

    Copies des coupures de presse originales.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 m.l. de documents textuels

    Location:

    Wichita Kansas United States

    Credit line:

    Fonds Robert Duchesnay
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Robert Duchesnay/
    Gift of Robert Duchesnay

    Copyright:

    © Robert Duchesnay

    Folder Number:

    115-001-006

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