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hmmmmmmmm thanks for that jimg…. but I was more interested in the monolithic style domes I linked to first as I could alread forsee plenty of problems with the geodesic style dome.
how droll!
surely it would’ve been more efficient to post an image, rather than make people download a word.doc?
atb!
it’s all pie in the sky at the moment Bren, but thanks so much for your thoughts.
have you actually looked at the floor plans for the dome houses? They don’t seem to have much wasted space as far as I can see. but like I said, i’m not an architect, more an idealistic graphic designer I’m afraid 🙂KB2, the furnishing problems argument doesn’t quite hack it for me as all the interior walls are linear, so there’s still plenty of scope for more traditional living, however, my feeling on this is, if you have a unusual building, why furnish it in a banal way, again probably being idealistic here 😉
In my minds eye there would be a lot of borrowing ideas/homage paid to the likes of Gaudi.
however, I resign myself to the fact that none of it is goign to happen, then if any of it does it will be a pleasant surprise.
well dome building is not exactly a new thing, Bucky Fuller and his geodesic stuff (http://www.bfi.org/domes/) etc
no it’s not a joke site, there seems to be lots and lots of dome housing elsewhere in the world (though mainly in the US), just not a lot of it in the UK or Ireland.from the bucky fuller site:
the dome is energy efficient for many reasons:1. its decreased surface area requires less building materials.
2. exposure to cold in the winter and heat in the summer is decreased because, being spherical, there is the least surface area per unity of volume per structure.
3. the concave interior creates a natural airflow that allows the hot or cool air to flow evenly throughout the dome with the help of return air ducts.
4. extreme wind turbulence is lessened because the winds that contribute to heat loss flow smoothly around the dome.
5. it acts like a type of giant down-pointing headlight reflector and reflects and concentrates interior heat. This helps prevent radiant heat loss.Perhaps you didn’t actuallly look at the site, but I think the monolithic dome site says similar stuff, I’m not a builder, nor an architect, nor very techinical, but the idea seems sound to me.
