Walther Bauersfeld (23 January 1879 – 28 October 1959) was a German engineer. He was employed by the Carl Zeiss Jena, who, on a suggestion by the German astronomer Max Wolf, started work on the first projection planetarium in 1912. This work was stopped by military needs during World War I, but resumed after the war.

The first ever geodesic dome was the Zeiss Planetarium constructed by Dr. Walther Bauersfeld (1879-1959), the chief engineer at the Carl Zeiss optics corporation, in 1926. It was fabricated by Dykerhoff and Wydmann on top of the Zeiss factory in Jena, Germany.

2023年7月6日 · R. Buckminster Fuller didn’t invent the geodesic dome—that honor goes to Walther Bauersfeld, a German engineer who in 1926 introduced a globe-shaped planetarium made of interlocking triangles...

2020年2月26日 · Geodesic structures have been appearing in various forms throughout history, but the first truly geodesic dome was actually designed by Walther Bauersfeld, to be used as a planetarium and built on the roof of the Carl Zeiss optical company plant in Jena, Germany.

Walther Bauersfeld (23 January 1879 in Berlin – 28 October 1959 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) was a German engineer, employed by the Zeiss Corporation, who, on a suggestion by the German astronomer Max Wolf, started work on the first projection planetarium in 1912.

2020年9月18日 · Surprisingly the story of geodesic domes is quite recent. It was only 1919 when German engineer Dr. Walther Bauersfeld decided to install projector lights inside a stationary dome to build a more massive planetarium for Zeiss.

Walther Bauersfeld The first geodesic dome was designed after World War I by Walther Bauersfeld, chief engineer of the Carl Zeiss optical company, for a planetarium to house his planetarium projector. A first, small dome was patented, constructed by the firm of Dykerhoff and Wydmann on the roof of the Zeiss plant in Jena, Germany.

Walther Bauersfeld war ein deutscher Maschinenbauingenieur und Physiker. Er entwickelte das 1923 der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellte Planetarium und baute nach 1945 die Zeiss-Opton in Westdeutschland auf.

2024年6月7日 · Geodesic domes are efficient, lightweight, and durable and can be used for various purposes, such as housing, factories, observatories, or entertainment venues. The geodesic dome concept was first developed by Walther Bauersfeld, a German engineer, in the early 20th century.

As early as 1919 the Berlin based Walther Wilhelm Johannes Bauersfeld (*1879; †1959) started the development of a dome structure for the purpose of projections in Jena. At this time, Bauersfeld was chief executive officer for the company Carl Zeiss and due to the initiative of Oskar von Miller began work on a planetarium that was meant to ...