Enjoy a leisurely stroll under one of the rock garden's outstanding features, the geodesic dome or "space lattice" designed by R. Buckminster Fuller. A symbol of man’s mastery of his metal resources, the open-work dome made of extruded aluminum stands 103 feet high and 250 feet in diameter, weighs 80 tons and contains more than 65,000 parts. The dome is ornamental and open, honeycomb-like, and stands on five pylons, two of which rise up from courtyards set into the building.
Under the dome you can enjoy the beautifully landscaped Eisenman Garden. This garden was re-done in 1999 with landscape designs by Knight and Stolar and main contractor Buddie Construction.
Educational as well as decorative, the garden displays upward of 66 specimens of raw mineral ores, all labeled as to kind and 73 varieties of perennials, shrub and flowering trees.
Note: Be sure to enter the dome from the ASM parking lot only!
Any "spoiler" logs or photos are subject to deletion.
Note: 8/11 The ASM dome is now on the Ohio Historic Register