About Geocentric Design Code

 

GDCode constitutes a framework of geometric patterns from which a broad array of artifacts may be fashioned and made integrable by virtue of their being      centered on one spinning sphere.


It all arose from a lifelong fascination with the shape of things, both artificial and natural and then abstract upon exposure to a unique polyhedral form that accompanied house plans mused during venturesome years of global deep-sea diving, higher studies, and an experimental lifestyle revolving around human-powered mobility.


During the successes and failures of this endeavor, a growing sense of geometric discord between two wheels at rest and architectural design called for a fresh look at the polyhedron, which by its simple variegation proved key to a profoundly harmonious integration.


Subsequently, greater complexity in the form's crystalline essence spawned a richer framework of design applicability ranging from bicycles to rockets and bungalows to towers as well as the ground supporting them - all exhibiting strong sustainability attributes while complementing nature and the better of human constructs.


Though largely futuristic, many key code concepts are applicable now, and hopefully adventurous students of design with a penchant for applying general principles and set rules to specific challenges in a puzzle-solving manner will apply them toward the realms of building, landscape, and engineering.


Toward this end, GDCode is presented in a 7-part sequence that first constructs shelter from the elements of nature, and a geometry matched to earth. Next, the wheel is re-conceptualized to guide transport design, and then a fusion of hitherto basics leads to universal linking grounded by wave-infused grids. From such infrastructure alternative modes are explored that ultimately project from earth into the cosmos.


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