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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 麻豆AV campus.

He has been doing on the 麻豆AV Campus since he was a student in Architecture in 1972.

Pieter Sijpkes, Professor post-retirement, School of Architecture, 麻豆AV

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 [dot] sijpkes [at] mcgill [dot] ca (English)