% FROM: http://pipelines.local:9001/p/modules % SCION: constellations > For Fuller it was a great enigma why one form > should endure while another does not, especially > because he disclaimed both the term "bodies" and > the concept of "building blocks" that lead one > to believe that it is obvious that a form will > be retained. Today every physicist affirms that > the concept of "building blocks of material" has > been rejected once and for all. > [@[p.9]krausse:2001:fuller] % [_modules_](http://pipelines.local:9001/p/modules) > Fuller's little rubber hoses, which he introduced > into his model as the nodal connectors for the > rods, are a ridiculous detail from a material > point of view, but from a conceptual point of > view they are a firstrate tool. Flexible nodes, > which Fuller stipulated as early as 1932, make it > possible to create a model that enables the > formation of rigid "bodies" on the basis of > moveable constellations and that thinks of > stabilization as a self-stabilizing pattern. > Fuller attributes the retained form to a > recurring pattern; he defines structure as a > "locally regenerative pattern integrity." > [@[p.9]krausse:2001:fuller] % [_modules_](http://pipelines.local:9001/p/modules)