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Because land usage is maximized with rectangle shaped plots, not rounded ones so pod or dome will never be popular. Same reason why they made cube shaped waterm
by coconut_crab 7y ago
Because land usage is maximized with rectangle shaped plots, not rounded ones so pod or dome will never be popular. Same reason why they made cube shaped watermelons in Japan I I guess, to stuff as many of them as possible in containers.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoAlso making fittings to fit curved or non standard spaces is much more expensive
- souprock 7y agoCircular homes minimize the required material and the surface through which heat is lost or gained. In normal places, there is no need to think about maximizing the land usage. People typically put a 2000 square foot house on a 10000 square foot lot. For a circular home on a square lot, that is 51 feet in diameter on a 100x100 lot. Each side has more than 24 feet to spare. We really don't care too much about minimizing lot size. In most places, it isn't even legal to have a tiny lot. The excess can be trees or whatever, and most of us like it that way.