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The PlayDome described here is based on a design by Curt Flowers. Curt has "granted permission to use this idea and/or to reproduce and redistribute these plans for any private, non-commercial use." (See page one of the plans for the full conditions on their use.)

The PlayDome pictured above was installed at the Arcadia Montessori Learning Center in Tacoma, Washington on June 8, 1996. The 21 automobile tires have been bolted together to form a little more than half of a truncated icosahedron, which is reminiscent of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, and is the same as the carbon-60 (C_60) molecule known as fullerene.

• Curt Flower's original plans for the PlayDome. You have to take a look at these if you are serious about constructing your own.
• My notes on modifications and additions to Curt's plans.
• Photos and commentary on the installation process.
• Some remarks on the geometry of a PlayDome.
• More mathematics - how to arrange the colors of the tires.
• A Playdome photo gallery.

Rob Beezer, BEEZER(at)UPS(dot)EDU.
Created: June 9, 1996, Updated: June 20, 1998.