Afra Primary School greenhouse now ready

With a lot of patience and effort 4th and 5th Grade pupils managed to put the greenhouse together with the help of their teachers Thanassis Papadimitriou, whose idea it was and who supervised the project, and Giorgos Michalas.

The geodesic dome, inspired by Buckminster Fuller, is a spherical or hemispherical construction based on a polyhedron whose surface - mainly triangular - is almost spherical. The triangular elements of the dome are structurally rigid and distribute the structural stress throughout the structure. For a triangle to bend or contort the sides have to be compressed or stretched, which is extremely difficult as they provide support for one another. 

In this way, Buckminster Fuller was able to avoid having internal supports which had previously been required for the construction of a dome.

A geodesic dome is easy to construct, hard-wearing, light and extremely stable. It was used widely after the 2nd World War when there were problems in providing accommodation for people following the widespread destruction.

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