Bo Atkinson Design Work
Inventive Geometry
" Thinking outside the box"
Pushing 3D CAD to limits.
(Software: Autodyssys' - formZ) Inventing
new methods.
Offering service and solutions at competitive pricing.
I will consider all requests from small to large.
Competitively Cooperative Conceptualization
3D Models And Physical Prototypes
Sheets of plastic ordinarily bend around one axis only. In this design, the intersections of five sheets were predetermined, cut and assembled. Of particular interest was the resulting similarity to compound curvature, in this case achieved with ordinary sheet material. The sheets were screwed on to a framework of tubing, (lightweight EMT conduit).
Examples of Bo's architectural modeling.
Bo's Structural Ferrocement Research
To build a symbol hire a sculptor
I, Bo Atkinson have worked in varied constructive trades to earn a living, but artistic expression has always been at my core. I am a fifth generation Atkinson, in the USA, working with earth and stone. I have also volunteered in public service with my local volunteer fire department (10 years) and other civic groups like The Conservation Commision. My dad's uncle, Guy F Atkinson was a highly successful construction contractor. After his passing in the 70's his company actually continued growing to become one of the top ten construction contractors in the USA, during the 1990's, (building large government projects internationally). Guy F's older brother, Lynn, was my grandfather, who unfortunately died as a result of a construction accident, back in the 30's. (These notes are to the best of my recollection. Correction suggestions are invited from anyone with better information). My dad's half brother named Lynn, also passed through a successful construction period, but lost it all in the great depression. I was fortunate to meet my uncle Lynn briefly in the 50's, along with a few other fine Atkinson relatives. They were all like promised land hero's to me as a child. My dad told me grandfather fell in a large construction ditch and developed a severe hernia, which was fatally treated in those days. My grandfather's company, was bought by Guy F just before the period of large government funded projects were started in the 1930s. Granddad missed out on all the huge contracts but dad said he was the first contractor to make Saturday a regular day off. Was my grandfather the first to institute the American weekend? (As first notable employer to do so?) My dad became perhaps the first American Atkinson who turned towards the arts. Dad was a writer who never quite published. (He wrote about his WWII experience, but his publishers wanted the book to be sexy and dad was really a journalist by training, not a novelist). I grew up in Rome, Italy, where dad had served in WWII. I always loved construction as dad taught me a few things about building when i was very young. I would have applied to work for Guy F in California, except that the Vietnam war was ragging on my 18th birthday. I knew too much about wars generally as my dad had served in the Military Police, somehow positioned under world famous Harold Macmillan, during the liberation of Rome, Italy during WWII. Dad saw plenty of improper action, even in that "good war". He did not joke about it . He remained well appreciated according to Macmillan's war diaries. For better or worse, i never came to know other Atkinson's who were very independently-minded Republicans, proud not to sup together (according to my uncle Lynn). I was brought up, an American child, in a country ruled by "Christian Democrats" as the leading party chose it's official name. I was imbued with wide viewpoints of the world and many of it's flaws. I was both inspired and awed by the crumbling might of the great and ancient empires, Italian art, architecture and globalism as it developed. I have worked hard my whole life, with genetic inheritance alone, which is a heritage to inspire one's soul.
More Examples:
Cadmera: Adapting Antique "Camera Lucida" to Digital 3D
Square Donut Geometry - Disaster Resistant Structure
Bo's has spent most of his life studying annular theory and practice, linked here.
Here is a visual link of Bo's favorite interests.
Fashion Minded - Exuberant Arcade
Examples of Bo's inventive work, click here. Inventor of the boa spline-- A generic curve type which subdivides any other curve type into equally sized segments. Useful for many computer modeling purposes. The boa spline is a helix of nearly zero radius, which may trace any other type of curve and subdivide it into equal sized segments. This inventive method has many uses in geometry, rendering and real world construction.Click here for some details archived on the Autodyssys web site. For a great tutorial site explaining the rendering of film strips, click here. (An excellent visual tutorial resource).
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