Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 03 of 40
The round Biosphère
1967 — an Expo pavilion
The Biosphère looks like a giant ball made of triangles. This Montréal museum invites us to think about our environment.
Look together
Can you find three large triangles?
An idea to try
Draw three large triangles touching one another. Invent a structure together that could use these shapes.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The Biosphère occupies the former United States pavilion at Montréal’s Expo 67. Designers Richard Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao created its great spherical structure. In 1995, it became an environmental museum. One building can have several uses over time while keeping an easily recognizable outline.
The main lines of the drawing form triangles around the sphere. Invite your child to trace a few with a finger, then look at the whole structure. Ask them to name something they would like to understand better in their environment: water, plants, animals or city life.
Sources and illustration notes (2)
A simplified sphere and triangular framework; not every part of the real structure is reproduced.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Space for Life — About the BiosphèreDesigners Fuller and Sadao, and the environmental museum.
- Space for Life — History of the BiosphèreThe United States pavilion at Expo 67; the museum opened in 1995.
Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
