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*[http://www.domeplans.com/index.html Free plans for a geodesic dome] | *[http://www.domeplans.com/index.html Free plans for a geodesic dome] | ||
* Useful tool: the [http://www.desertdomes.com/domecalc.html dome calculator] - calculates the building materials needed to build a dome of your chosen size | * Useful tool: the [http://www.desertdomes.com/domecalc.html dome calculator] - calculates the building materials needed to build a dome of your chosen size | ||
* Another [http://acidome.ru/lab/calc/#5/12_Cone_3V_R1_beams100x40 dome calculator] (the website is in Russian but it can be easily translated with Google Translate). | |||
* Geodesic dome construction video-tutorial: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rn6YtCC670 Part 1 - Overview], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLIhOglrbmI Part 2 - Hub Construction], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHEHVyA7SHw Part 3- Strut Construction] | |||
==Many Uses== | ==Many Uses== | ||
from the [http://www.pacificdomes.com/index.html Pacific Domes] website: event, shelter, projection, greenhouse, playground, sports, relief, wedding, yoga, bioenergy, Vaastu, aquaponic | from the [http://www.pacificdomes.com/index.html Pacific Domes] website: event, shelter, projection, greenhouse, playground, sports, relief, wedding, yoga, bioenergy, Vaastu, aquaponic | ||
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Geodesic domes can be built easily and cheaply and are the strongest and lightest structure yet conceived. Compared to a rectangular structure of similar size, they have half as much wall-area, which means they lose only half as much heat through the walls. This makes them very energy-efficient.
A geodesic dome is built from a skeleton of triangles, covered with an outer skin. The skeleton could be made of wood, steel or other substances, which could probably be digitally fabbed.
- Free plans for a geodesic dome
- Useful tool: the dome calculator - calculates the building materials needed to build a dome of your chosen size
- Another dome calculator (the website is in Russian but it can be easily translated with Google Translate).
- Geodesic dome construction video-tutorial: Part 1 - Overview, Part 2 - Hub Construction, Part 3- Strut Construction
Many Uses
from the Pacific Domes website: event, shelter, projection, greenhouse, playground, sports, relief, wedding, yoga, bioenergy, Vaastu, aquaponic