From Crystal Palace in 1851 to Buckminster Fuller’s Spaceship Earth in 1969, nature became enclosed. Claimed to be a reaction of Norbert Weiner’s cybernetics, Fuller’s geodesic domes became symbols of American counterculture. Yet, from Fuller’s description of Spaceship Earth “sea masters,” the dome seems to prioritize an environment of occupation inside the dome, over those residing outside–a world of civilized control on its interior and wilderness, war, and wasteland on the other side. Nature of Enclosure is a series of conversations to gather experts from a range of disciplines, including architects, landscape architects, historians, design theory scholars, geographers, historians of science and technology, and professionals at the intersection of architecture and the environment. «Forum on the Nature of Enclosure» is convened by Shawn Rickenbacker and Jeffrey Nesbitt.
