Bucky’s Haven

The Southern Illinois University Honors Program had a meeting with Ben Lowder. Ben is an artist with a passion for drawing people’s awareness to Nature’s sacred geometry by expressing the forms and patterns that are the universal building blocks of material growth structures. Benjamin Lowder is known for his geometrically arranged and reclaimed wood and vintage metal signage. He serves as creative consultant at the Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, SIU Edwardsville. He recently designed an installation to honor the legacy of Buckminster Fuller. The event was in conjunction with Lowder’s installation at Bucky’s Haven on campus lake that will honor Fuller’s legacy and open the space to future creative activity. It was fun to hear Lowder’s thought process when creating and designing the project. Lowder also spoke about how he was honoring Buckminster Fuller and how the project affected him. It was very cool to hear him talk about sacred geometry and describe it in a way that I’ve never really thought about before. I look forward to seeing the installation.