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Old 03-08-2019, 02:31 AM   #22 (permalink)
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An historic example, Byckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Bathroom, killed by the plumbers.


https://blogs.uoregon.edu/dymaxionho...xion-bathroom/
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The Dymaxion bathroom was comprised of four stamped sheets of metal or moulded plastic which could be bolted together by section and was light enough to be carried by two workers. [1]. Forget about a messy installation process, all of the appliances and plumbing are built in and one only needs to hook it up.
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The Phelps Dodge Corporation was to produce the bathrooms but they were met with resistance from plumbers fearful of losing their jobs and so the bathrooms were never produced.
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