rock ridgeway

Hey Earthballs...check out crystalpavilions.blogspot.com ...I have been developing crystal domes which or very similar to geodesic domes but they cluster together like crystals in a geode...multi-sided structures that universally dock to one another from 10' to 100' diameter crystalline buildings...individual pods can cluster around larger family houses or community sized structures...in the future, our houses and cities will appear and operate like living organisms but on a much larger cosmic scale...

let me know if I can be of any assistance...at your service... rockridgeway@gmail.com

Abodes are great and best of all are environmentally friendly, forget about insulation or double glazing your windows abodes are one big piece of insulation, great at keeping heat in, during the winter and staying cool in the summer

Are there any plans and drawings? What are the construction details, please?

www.RogerART.com & www.EarthBall.org & www.OneGlobalCommunity.com

DOOM-ERS... We could use (All Your) help creating Earth Ball Abodes and Greenhouse

We hope 2 start creating the first one in New Orleans and around OUR Earth, next year... 2008

See where we R at in our thinking... at

http://www.EarthBall.org

Thank U,

As conduit usually comes in 10 foot lengths, I picked a radius of 8.3 feet, because that gave me pieces of 5.1 and 4.5 feet. (These are center-of-hole to center-of-hole distances). When you add in 1 inch (center-of-hole to end of pipe) at each end (there are 4 ends), and allow .2 inches for cutting, you end up with exactly 10 feet. I allowed a little bit extra room between the hole and the end of the conduit so that the hole wouldn't weaken the conduit.

I built the dome at a friends house, and got to use some powertools that I don't have.

We cut 2 struts from each 10 foot long piece of conduit. A Milwaukee Super Sawzall was used to cut the conduit, but almost any metal cutting tool could be used. The edges will be sharp, so be careful!

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your dome is excellent. a suggestion for your next experiment would be to make it into a year round greenhouse.the metal structure makes it moisture restent and the size would be heated very easily.google "greenhouse design in alaska" for some good ideas

Well, i'm not sure what my next project will be. Whatever it is, it'll be started next school year in September. I do them as independent study projects @ my high school. I'm actually entering 12th grade so I might do something bigger for a senior thesis. In any case, the dome is still standing.. haha, the only place i could put it was in the teachers faculty lounge. they were pretty surprised to come in and see the 7 foot tall structure engulfing one of their tables. I'm pretty much the only person in the school who could take it down and I've got no plans to do so as of now :). Any ideas for a next project?

~Harry

I'm partial to aluminum skins/membranes. It doesn't flap in the breeze, the bugs don't eat it and it is fire-resistant.

I hope you DO start thinking in terms of practical ultra-low-cost shelter. What's your next project?

It isnt going to be a shelter- i didnt build it with that in mind. It is simply to demonstrate a geodesic dome. If it were to be for shelter, i might put a tarp over it. that would be kind of cool actually. what do you think?

~Harry

3 frequency. If it is to be a shelter, how are you going to keep the rain out? Seriously. A fabric hung inside will work but what about a hard shell? Floor, windows and door?