You should definitely try to contact Peter Pearce, formerly president of
Pearce Structures in Chatsworth, CA., and an author of books on structural
design.   Peter was a protoge of Bucky Fuller, and I met him at Calarts in
the early 70s when he was associate dean of the design school there.  He
left and formed a number of companies over the next two decades, applying
his mathematical space-frame and soap bubble ideas.  In the late 70s he
created huge children's playground structures based on soap-film polygons.
Pearce Structures was the architect of the Biosphere in the 80's.

He has left that company and is doing consulting work.  I don't have his
current phone but you might try Pearce Structures at (818) 998-2811.  If
that doesn't work let me know, as a colleague of mine has worked with him
recently and I can get the number.

Stephen Nowlin
Vice President
Director, Williamson Gallery
Art Center College of Design


Joel Clark wrote:

>Hi All.
>
>We are working on an exhibit showing how soap films form minimal surfaces and
>in general would like to illustrate math concepts using soap bubbles.  Will
>you help us by telling us what exhibits exist at other museums, especially
>having mathematics connections?
>
>We would like to contact those places for advice on devices for making
>particular bubble "assemblies", controlling evaporation, handling the mess if
>visitors handle bubbles, how to form difficult surfaces such as Costas-Hoffman
>minimal surface.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Joel Clark
>Science Center of Connecticut
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