Artist: developed by Buckminster Fuller, construction by college architect C.J. Paderewski of San Diego Date: 1958
Used as the gymnasium
This metal geodesic is a hemispherical thin-shell dome building that is a structure comprised of geodesics, a series of straight lines on a curved space that intersect to form a triangle. It is extremely strong despite using very few materials. It is silver in color aluminum alloy panels.
Palomar's Legendary Clocktower
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Clock Tower: Palomar Community College District | All Rights Reserved