Triangulation and Geodesic Domes / abstract people

Authors own- abstract experimentation

ABSTRACT EXPERIMENTATION 

The drawn abstract people drawn are all experiments for my Olympic Cauldron design that will involve a Geodesic dome supporting the Olympic flame.  I wanted a very abstract shape to represent the coming together of nations.  Just like Thomas Heatherwick's 204 petals which represented the nations competing mine will suggest cohesion and togetherness.
I did quite a few drawings and came up with the heart shaped version, this is like 2 people becoming one.
Originally the dome wasn't going to exist at all it was just going to have lost of abstract people supporting a flame but this idea changed.
The shape shouldn't be too human like but human enough to tell its 2 people together.

Authors own - Abstract design 

Authors own 

Authors own

Inspiration 

What is real is not the external form but the essence of things. Starting from this truth it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface." —Constantin Brancusi

In the early 20th century, many avant-garde sculptors pushed the bounds of accepted modes of representation, abandoning faithfulness to the visible world in favour of abstraction. The question many artists asked was no longer how to reproduce the world as it appeared, but rather how to best express realities of life (sensed and theorized) through forms. 

What I wanted to was take this inspiration design my own shape and use it to create this new form that represents something different to individual people, that's what abstract design does. 

Triangulation 

Geodesic domes are made via triangulation  which creates a very strong form, this is why many well designed buildings use this technique. A good example of this is the Gherkin building in London, in many ways its tessellation of the same shape a triangle.  Another good example is the Eden project based in Devon but this uses hexagons instead, this gives the same strength and support but just allows the tessellation to be larger. 

Reasons for Triangulation with triangles not rectangles?

Rectangle shapes loose their shape, but triangle withstands the pressure, but the triangle is still twice as strong.

Sphere uses the more with less principle that it encloses the largest volume of interior space with the least amount of surface area.

Geodesic Dome with the flame

This is a really quick thumbnail sketch of the product I want to make its a geodesic dome with the flame lit on top. The problem I face is that most domes do not have an open top which is needed in my design for the flame.   The flame doesn't have to be real but a bunsen burner could be fun, though this would be a safety risk. Therefore I'm thinking of using  hot acrylic rods which will look like fire in the end. 

Medal Development - These designs are the old ones and I hope the new designs show my development from these. 

Gold Silver and Bronze medals, at the moment they are missing the ring, this is not the final development. The bronze I changed totally, it now has the symbol of Fifa  2014 football cup on it as Brazil is the home of football.  Each medal has a different amount of rings meaning for golf 3 rings etc.
The statue of god was important to keep simplistic and its a major aspect of Brazilian life.