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Yes, a Dome Tribe, I looked for one a while ago but didn't come up with anything.
Since the Admin requested pics I’ve added a few of my Non-traditional geodesic dome that I built for Burning Man 2004.
It is 30 foot in diameter, 15 feet tall. It weighs over 1,000 pounds, over 1,200 linear feet of angle iron, nearly 270 struts, 100 bolts-washers-spacers-nuts, 180 panels, 540 zip ties hold those panels on, over 700 sq feet on the inside and it encloses almost 7,000 cubic feet.
The actual shape is a stellated truncated icosahedron (same as a soccer ball).
This design is not nearly as strong a traditional geodesic. It was chosen because there are many traditional Geodesics at burning man and I wanted to be different. The golden ratio can be found everywhere in this design, which is fitting for an art festival. I still need to finish updating my website with the construction details, I hope to get that done just after x-mas. In the mean time there are a few more images if you’re interested.
www.LostMachine.com
Thanks again for starting the Dome home tribe.
Bring on the Domes.
Since the Admin requested pics I’ve added a few of my Non-traditional geodesic dome that I built for Burning Man 2004.
It is 30 foot in diameter, 15 feet tall. It weighs over 1,000 pounds, over 1,200 linear feet of angle iron, nearly 270 struts, 100 bolts-washers-spacers-nuts, 180 panels, 540 zip ties hold those panels on, over 700 sq feet on the inside and it encloses almost 7,000 cubic feet.
The actual shape is a stellated truncated icosahedron (same as a soccer ball).
This design is not nearly as strong a traditional geodesic. It was chosen because there are many traditional Geodesics at burning man and I wanted to be different. The golden ratio can be found everywhere in this design, which is fitting for an art festival. I still need to finish updating my website with the construction details, I hope to get that done just after x-mas. In the mean time there are a few more images if you’re interested.
www.LostMachine.com
Thanks again for starting the Dome home tribe.
Bring on the Domes.
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Re: Truncated Icosahedron
Sun, December 5, 2004 - 2:29 AMHey lost machine! Welcome aboard.
I'm not going to post long becuase it been an hectic 72 hours and I still have more to go...but I did want to let you know that your dome structure is really cool....I cant remember in which tribe you posted that link before, but i do remember the dome and the website. Although the site is alot more developed than I remember seeing.
In any case. Thanks for joining. One of your pictures is the current main picture for this tribe....folks if you want to see more you'll definetly have to check his site out. good stuff.
