Michael Baron
Michael Baron investigates geometric ideas and their intrinsic governing principles that are found to underlie the natural world. Over the years he has offered geometry programs to elementary school children, teachers of mathematics, and scientists of the Los Alamos National Laboratories.

In the early 70s he studied in Italy with the sculptor Tony Smith constructing the Platonic and Archimedean solids. From 1980-87 he was associated with the Lindisfarne Institute in Crestone, Colorado, and the Kairos School of Sacred Architecture taught by Keith Critchlow and Robert Lawlor. He served as Director of the Institute in charge of teaching programs, building construction and institutional operations. He later collaborated with ornamentalist Jay Bonner in a joint seminar, "The Formative Principles of Islamic Geometric Patterns".

His interest in architecture and the possibility of investing proportional principles in design, led him to construct dozens of homes as well as participating in unique architectural projects; The Lindisfarne Chapel dome, The Tent of Meeting and the Tibetan Stupas of Peace and Enlightenment.

In Santa Fe, NM, he established the Design Resource Center with geometer Bradford Hansen- Smith and educator Charles Roitz. The collaboration produced large scale geometric exhibition models, an animated film for geometric model transformations and the development of various geometric school models. This led to forming the company Geomatrix and the design and manufacture of precision geometric teaching models based on the classic Platonic and Archimedean solids.

His overarching goal is to see that these timeless shape grammars become available to children around the world. As teaching aids, they help reinforce the young maker who is in turn made whole through their efforts of constructing these timeless universal forms.

Michael Baron will be teaching a four-part course this summer called
"Principles of Proportional Geometry"
Classes June 11, 18, and July 2, and 9. 7:30-9:30 pm. (Register by June 6).

Michael will also give a seminar on AerBlock (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete), a revolutionary building material.
June 14th all day: 9am to 12 pm, break for lunch then 1:30 to 4:30.
Register by June 10

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