The ASM International Headquarters and Geodesic Dome , on Campus Material Park in Russell City, Geauga County, Ohio, USA, is the headquarters of ASM International, a professional organization for scientists and engineers material. This modernist structure was built in 1958 and dedicated in September 1959.
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Destination
The campus serves as the headquarters of ASM International, formerly American Society for Metal. The dome is "the largest open-air geodesic dome in the world", and rarely among geodesic domes designed by Synergetics, Inc. because it was never intended to be a closed structure.
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Design
Originally serving as a headquarters for the American Society for Metals in September 1959, the geodesic dome was built on a 100-acre parcel donated by William Hunt Eisenman (1886-1958), a charter member of the American Society of Metal and his secretary for nearly four decades. [3] [4] In 1961, ASM bought Sunnimoor Plantation William Hunt Eisenman and 400 hectares of land adjacent to the ASM campus. [2]
The complex was designed by John Terrence Kelly, who is from Elyria, Ohio. [5] There is a difference of opinion about the role of R. Buckminster Fuller in the design of the ASM dome. While Fuller is the founding partner of Synergetics, Inc. and the patent holder for geodesic geometry geometry, he relinquished all interests in Synergetics, Inc. before the dome is conceived. The geodesic dome was designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina, owner of Synergetics, Inc. and designers of many geodesic domes such as the Climatron Conservatory at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, the dome of the Union Tank Car Company (now destroyed) in Baton Rouge, LA, and Poliedro de Caracas in Venezuela. [6] Fuller's role is limited to licensing his patent.
In an essay in 2010, Stan Theobald, retired management director of ASM (2002-2012), recalls that the dome engineers from the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University declared, "because they are the only Engineers that Bucky [Fuller] use." [7] Throughout his 32-page essay, Theobald refers to the "dome Engineers," speaks very little about Fuller's involvement, which seems to indicate that Kelly uses the Fuller principle, while other engineers make them work for a unique open project this, above the class. Theobald describes the formal spring dinner announcement of 1958 and formally followed at Union Club in Cleveland, Ohio where Fuller was a guest speaker. Theobald describes Fuller's presentation as "a marathon, rambling" dissertation in which he proposes "that the most important progress in the future will not be seen." In his essay, Theobald compared Fuller's vision from 1958 to reality in 2010, the Internet age, DNA, genome mapping, and nano technology. [7]
The actual geodesic dome is a truss triacon rising to a height of 103 feet and a diameter of 274 feet. [2] [8] [9] The dome was built using about 65,000 parts, including 13 miles of extruded aluminum tubing and tension rods sped into hexagons. There is no internal support and the entire load of 80 tons rests on five concrete pillars that are moved up to 77 feet to the earth. [2] [3] [9] [10]
The entire complex is in a 400-foot diameter piazza with a 100-foot diameter mineral garden in the center of which contains 66 specimens labeled with mineral ore with a fountain in the center. [2] [9] The 50,000-square-foot headquarters building is a semi-circular semi-circular concrete building that occupies two-fifths of the perimeter piazza. The building is on the western perimeter and does not depend on the dome structure and has three distinct parts. [2]
It has floor-to-ceiling aluminum frame windows inside walls and concrete floors poured. The outer portion of the second-tiered glass wall facing west is protected by a 330 cm-tall "satin-finish" sun-shield that protects the afternoon sun without blocking view by providing 4,000 feet by a five-inch grille. [10] Steel elements, bronze, copper, aluminum, titanium, and tungsten are incorporated into interior design. [2]
The original investment for buildings and landscaping is $ 2.4 million. [10] Semi-circular buildings, limited by geodesic domes, symbolize human mastery over metals and materials.
Construction
Construction began in March 1958 by the general contractor Gillmore-Olson Company, under the supervision of George McKay. Aluminum is supplied by Kaiser Aluminum & amp; Chemical Co of Halethorpe, Maryland. The dome was made by North American Aviation Corporation of Columbus, and Construction Company Mak from Cleveland set up a dome.
Awards
For his architectural work including the design of the ASM headquarters, John Terrence Kelly was awarded the Cleveland Art Award for Architecture in 1968.
The complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 2009. The list was announced as a flagship list on the National Park Service's weekly list on October 30, 2009.
Remodeling
In 1995, ASM International sold more than 500 acres (200 acres), including more than half of the original donation package, to the Geauga Park District, which represents a substantial portion of the 902-acre (905-acre) West Woods park. The campus of ASM International is in the remaining 45 acres (18Ã, ha) dividing the land into two packages. One 41.05-acre package (16.61 ha) is in Russell Township, and another 3.95-acre (1.60 ha) package is at Newbury Township.
The mineral park was redesigned in 1999 to repair paths, irrigation and drainage. Various hard plants and trees were added, including the Malus apple tree directly derived from a tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton's gravitational theory. The tree was donated to ASM by the National Bureau of Standards in 1968. The 16 foot fountain statue (4.9 m) titled "ASM Singularity," made of copper, titanium, and stainless steels made by Eric Orr is added as well. On the cover of 1999 annual report ASM International states: "In mathematical terms, a singularity is the point of a curve in which dramatic change occurs."
In 1999, a dedicated granite memorial to William H. Eisenman was placed on the east side of the hill. It is engraved with inscriptions credited to Daniel Hudson Burnham, famous for the Burnham Plan or "Chicago Plan," a comprehensive turn-of-the-century plan for the future of Chicago. "Do not make a small plan: they have no magic to stir blood, make big plans, high on hope and work, remember that a noble and logical diagram ever recorded will never die."
In 2010, the headquarters underwent renovation and restoration led by the Chesler Group of Cleveland and Dimit Architects of Lakewood, Ohio. The total renovation cost is almost $ 6 million, including more than $ 2 million of state-federal and state-preserved historical tax credits. The funding of historical preservation comes as a tradeoff against the strict requirements of the National Park Service, the administrative arm of the National Register of Historic Places, which necessitates renovated historic buildings retaining the original architectural character and their original critical material. Interior and exterior renovations include new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, ADA-accessible toilets, interior renewal, restoration of stained-glass windows and exterior stainless steel sunscreens, and repairs of concrete structures under the roof.
A seven-panel, handmade aluminum mural made in 1953 by metal artist Nikos Bel-Jon (1911-1966) called "History of Iron," once used in the ASM trade show, now hangs around the headquarters building.
Materials Park, Ohio
Material Park, Ohio is not a city, village, city, or community unrelated; it is a branch of the designated rural post office.
On July 1, 1961, the American Society of Metal was established as a branch of the rural post office as Metals Park, Ohio 44073. Today, the 45-acre ASM International campus is called Material Park. The change from "Metals Park" to "Material Park" reflects the mid-1980s revision of the American Society of Metals mission when it changed its name to "ASM International: The Material Information Society" and began using the tagline "ASM is Everything Matter, a society dedicated to serving material science and engineering professions. "
Current mailing addresses from ASM International World Headquarters are: ASM World Headquarters, 9639 Kinsman Road, Material Park, OH 44073-0002 The majority of Russell Township residents use Novelty, Ohio 44072 as their postal city and zip code.
References
External links
- October 9, 2010 Weekly Highlights of the National Historic Site List
- ASM International Headquarters Materials Park, Ohio
- August 2011 article on Material Renovation 2010-2011 Mastery: The Renaissance of Material Park.
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