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I don’t really understand the geodome fascination. They aren’t very space efficient structures because of all the low hight space at the perimeter that’s diffic
by rdtwo 4y ago
I don’t really understand the geodome fascination. They aren’t very space efficient structures because of all the low hight space at the perimeter that’s difficult to use.
- 0_____0 4y agoAs someone who has constructed a couple, I can attest that they can be a pain in the ass. They do get more efficient as you build larger ones, and they can pack down quite well (the covering for a soft shell dome is usually larger than the structure components). They are also wickedly strong once set up.
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- a9h74j 4y agoSeems like a reason to combine with knee-walls or posts, to make curved space be more overhead. Indeed, their gallery shows a good fraction of examples doing so. https://buildwithhubs.co.uk/gallery.html https://buildwithhubs.co.uk/gallery.html
- foobarian 4y agoMy problem is the covering. A more linear structure is a lot neater to cover with a tarp or clear plastic (say, for building a greenhouse).
- snapetom 4y agoI toured three in open houses while house hunting and considered putting in offers. While they can be interesting and pretty cool, you are spot on. They really are quite space inefficient. They feel nowhere near as big as their square footage listing. Our target square footage of 2500-3000 square feet required an equivalent of 4000 geodesic. The smallest one was 2700 and it felt downright tiny. Their round nature makes room partitioning awkward and unless you purposefully put ceilings on rooms at the top level, you’re going to have situations where the master bedroom opens up to the kitchen via the roof.
- bilsbie 4y agoYou could put storage in the low places.