Buckminster Fuller

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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Person
gptkb:Inventor
gptkbp:advocated_for Resource efficiency
Global sustainability
Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_University_of_Alberta
gptkb:Spaceship_Earth
gptkb:The_University_of_Washington
gptkb:The_New_School
gptkb:World_Game
gptkb:The_Geodesic_Dome
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:The_University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:The_University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:The_University_of_Melbourne
gptkb:The_University_of_Southern_California
gptkb:The_University_of_Ottawa
gptkb:Southern_Illinois_University
gptkb:The_Buckminster_Fuller_Institute
gptkb:The_University_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_University_of_Sydney
gptkb:The_University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign
gptkb:The_University_of_Manitoba
gptkb:The_University_of_New_Brunswick
gptkb:University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst
gptkb:The_University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkb:The_University_of_Toronto
gptkb:The_University_of_British_Columbia
gptkb:The_University_of_Michigan
gptkb:The_University_of_Queensland
gptkb:The_University_of_Calgary
gptkb:The_University_of_Victoria
gptkb:The_University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara
gptkb:The_University_of_New_South_Wales
gptkb:The_University_of_Saskatchewan
gptkb:Dymaxion_House
gptkb:The_University_of_Cape_Town
gptkb:The_University_of_Johannesburg
gptkb:The_University_of_Limpopo
gptkb:The_University_of_Newfoundland
gptkb:The_University_of_Pretoria
gptkb:The_University_of_Prince_Edward_Island
gptkb:The_University_of_Stellenbosch
gptkb:The_University_of_the_Eastern_Cape
gptkb:The_University_of_the_Free_State
gptkb:The_University_of_the_North
gptkb:The_University_of_the_North_West
gptkb:The_University_of_the_Western_Cape
gptkb:The_University_of_the_Witwatersrand
gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller_Institute
Synergetics
gptkbp:awarded_to gptkb:UNESCO's_International_Prize_for_the_Environment
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Edison_Award
gptkb:UNESCO's_Kalinga_Prize
gptkb:Gold_Medal_from_the_American_Institute_of_Architects
gptkbp:birth_date 1895-07-12
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Milton,_Massachusetts
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
gptkbp:born July 12, 1895
gptkbp:children gptkb:Allegra_Fuller_Snyder
gptkb:Bucky_Fuller_Jr.
Nicolas Fuller
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:architecture
Urban planning
Environmental design
gptkbp:death_date 1983-07-01
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:Dymaxion_car
gptkb:Dymaxion_map
gptkbp:died July 1, 1983
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:World_Game
gptkb:Dymaxion_Map
Geodesic structures
Spaceship Earth concept
gptkbp:famous_quote “ We are called to be the architects of the future, not its victims.”
“ You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
“ The best way to predict the future is to design it.”
“ The universe is not a thing, it is a process.”
“ I am convinced that the only thing that will save the world is the world itself.”
“ The most important thing is to be able to give up your life for a cause.”
“ To change the world, you must first change yourself.”
“ There is no energy crisis, only a crisis of ignorance.”
“ You can’t change the world if you don’t change yourself.”
“ We are all astronauts on a little spaceship called Earth.”
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gptkb:architecture
gptkb:Education
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:design
Engineering
gptkbp:founded Geodesic dome construction
gptkbp:has_influence_on gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller_Challenge
gptkb:Community_development
Cultural studies
Sustainable design
Urban planning
Environmental activism
Social entrepreneurship
Technology and society
Systems thinking
Architectural education
Interdisciplinary studies
Sustainable communities
Global citizenship
Creative problem solving
Global education initiatives
Philosophy of design
Collaborative design
Innovative housing solutions
Ecological design
Design for the future
Innovative education methods
Transdisciplinary research
Resilient design
Humanitarian design
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gptkb:Education
gptkb:technology
gptkb:philosophy
Engineering
Social activism
Environmentalism
Design innovation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Buckminster Fuller
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gptkb:architecture
gptkb:Sustainability
gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller_Institute
gptkb:design
Design science
Environmental design
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:R._Buckminster_Fuller
gptkbp:inspired Modern architecture
Sustainable design
Systems thinking
Social innovation
Environmental design
Green architecture
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:20th_century
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Dymaxion_house
gptkb:Dymaxion_map
gptkb:World_Game
gptkb:Sustainability
Geodesic dome
Design science
Design Science
Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science
Tensegrity structures
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Utopia_or_Oblivion
gptkb:Operating_Manual_for_Spaceship_Earth
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gptkb:Geodesic_Dome
gptkb:Operating_Manual_for_Spaceship_Earth
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:architect
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Inventor
gptkb:designers
gptkbp:received gptkb:Gold_Medal_from_the_American_Institute_of_Architects
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_Hewlett
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:R._Buckminster_Fuller
gptkb:Frank_Lloyd_Wright
gptkb:Le_Corbusier
gptkbp:was_known_for gptkb:Futurism
Holistic approach
Innovative thinking
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Operating_Manual_for_Spaceship_Earth
Critical Path
No More Secondhand God
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Mountain_College
gptkb:Barbara_Marx
gptkb:Kevin_Kelly
gptkb:Peter_Diamandis
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