[Noisebridge-congress] Stuff in our Village

[Alex Merlin Glowaski]

Fog machine completely makes it. @_@



On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 11:38 AM, miloh <froggytoad at gmail.com> wrote:

> how about some yurts?
>
> I recommend against domes and if you want to build something look at a
> zome with a wide base like the one i've linked below  [1]. Standard
> domes do not have as much human usable area or design flexibility as
> zomes. The strong side curves of domes creates unusable spaces. They
> are quite strong, but zomes can be made just as strong with
> triangulations (the zome in [1] has no horizontal beams, so would not
> be climbable when built standard lightweight struts, but would still
> serve as a shade structure).
>
> Although the tower of consenso also wastes vertical space that was
> only reclaimed with the later design of cnc platforms and a 30 hour
> pin 3d printed duck [2], the zome class of structures has other
> benefits.  They can be merged or overlapped with each other without
> losing structural strength, unlike classic domes [3].
>
> The building concepts are the same for each structrure type though,
> building EMT(electrical metallic tubing aka galvanized 'conduit')
> [zd]omes from scratch is tough work.
>
> However in Europe? Not sure if they use the cheap EMT we use over
> there, so it might be even more of an uphill hands on climb.
>
> The tower of consenso took a couple days of design, a couple days of
> metal work labor for fabrication, and (currently) takes a half day for
> each build, providing we have an impact driver on hand.[4]
>
> The following people can attest to the stories: 2 days cutting and
> arbor pressing ends with 2 large presses to fabricate the device,
> difficult transport times, load and unload nightmares
>
> ckp the original designer, [0]
> yours truly
> dr. nic ( [3.5] ), fabricator and assembler
> alaric fabricator and first build fore
> snail fabrication and build
> yesac fabrication and build
> there are many more folks that helped with fabrication that I've left
> off. Many who help build the tower when it goes up as well.
>
>
> To sum:  consider a zome design. For materials, use plastic struts
> with straight cut ends and use peter pearce inspired space frame
> joints [5] [6].  Build light and easy and design for later expansion.
>
>
> [0] http://shadowfolds.com
> [1] http://geo-dome.co.uk/cumbria/Photos/zome_design1.jpg
> [2]
> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uLvJ9o6ja-0/VA_igN56zHI/AAAAAAAABe4/MREZZpyDcGM/w426-h240/14%2B-%2B1
> [3] http://zomadic.com/zonotopia_2011_spiral.jpg
> [3.5] http://wikiseat.org
> [4] https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8427/7747965972_2c472dedd7_b.jpg
> [5]
> http://sma.sciarc.edu/wp-content/uploads/video_pimages/1656_pearce_peter-07.08.81.jpg
> [6] http://spaceframe.tumblr.com/page/3
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