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平特五不中 Tradition: Ice Building project on campus
Published: 25 January 2016
Professor Pieter Sijpkes鈥� students in the 鈥淧hilosophy of Structures鈥� course are building a catenary dome made out of snow and ice on the 平特五不中 campus.
He has been doing on the 平特五不中 Campus since he was a student in Architecture in 1972.
Pieter Sijpkes, Professor post-retirement, School of Architecture, 平特五不中
鈥淭he project is related to this ice model鈥攖he dome on the Campus will be a full scale copy of the living space within the winning Mars Habitat competition. This competition was held by NASA-Makerbot last year. The School of Architecture Ice Lab contributed to the winning competition entry by supplying a scale model built by our unique ice printing robot. The structure will be fifteen feet high, plus a flag.鈥�
鈥� Professor Sijpkes
pieter.sijpkes [at] mcgill.ca (English)
