Zomes

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

I realize now that the first zome to enter my consciousness was the
US Pavilion at the Montreal Expo 67. http://tinyurl.com/ns9tjh

But this elementary schooler found Habitat 67 even more impressive.
http://www.american-architecture.info/CANADA/MON/MON-001.htm


Heikki

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Bekah wrote:

> I remember those Zomes - thanks!   I couldn't really get a handle on
> what TRP was talking about in the book.
>
>   My late hubby designed and built a regular Dome (Fuller type - but
> I'm not sure what the difference is) playhouse for our daughter in
> 1973 or so.   Each panel was a different color.  One guy brought a
> carpenter out  and took measurements because Tim didn't use plans,  he
> designed it himself.  This guy wanted to use it for his goats!
>
> Anyway,  here's another site with photos of the zomes in Drop City:
> http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/wallpapers3.htm
> (scroll down)
>
> I read Boyle's Drop City a few years ago.   It was pretty good,
> nothing to really hop around about but ...  I'd say an 8 out of 10
> rating.   It wasn't really sad or nostalgic,  just another look from
> another pov.
>
> Bekah
> http://web.mac.com/bekker2/
>
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:
>
> > David Kipen wrote:
> >> Never fails. I send a brief, informative post, and what do I hear
> >> back? Crickets.
> >
> > no, that's my kitchen fan.  needs oiling.  badly.
> >
> > anyway, thanks for the tip about The Big Fix, but Amazon want $25
> > for it.
> > Not in my budget this pay  period, nor probably next one either...
> >
> > here is my try at a brief, informative post:
> > Zomes were mentioned in The Last Whole Earth Catalog,
> > which came out in 1970.
> > here is some more about that:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zome
> >
> > I could ramble on and on about the Whole Earth Catalog and how cool
> > it was,
> > and how people built these anarchist paradises like Drop City,
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_City and they were
> > ruined by drug abuse, implacable authorities and simple human
> > irresponsibility
> > in many cases, and so forth...but was hoping maybe Pynchon would set
> > his
> > next novel in such a place and not have it fall prey to those
> > forces, since
> > Coraghessen Boyle has already done a pretty  good job of showing that
> > in his novel,
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_City_(novel)
> > which I keep meaning to read, and now probably really will as an
> > appendage
> > to reading IV.
> >
> > But I won't (Oops - too late!)
> >
> >
> > --
> > "My God, I am fully in favor of a little leeway or the damnable jig is
> > up! " - Hapworth Glass
>
>