Welcome to www.facts.net.au/dome

brought to you by Shane
the designer, builder and occupier of a geodesic dome home in Tasmania.

We built our house after 14-15 years of saving, planning and researching
all initially in response to what we considered an aesthetic ideal.
We had to explore seriously changing dynamics. Things such as location relevant to
this architectural form have been foremost in our minds having bought and sold two other
sites over the years before committing ourselves to enter into the realm of actually building.
The multi faceted persona of any property and its environment reaches beyond its initial
enticing panorama and requires extended contemplative interaction, ie. to drive to and from
the site, walk or camp and see the seasons come and go.

The 14 metre diameter dome is a 3v, 3/8 Alternate Geodesic seated on a ring beam and
surrounded by decking and suported on a treated pole construction. From the floor to the
dome apex ceiling/roof is approx. 6 metres high. Fiberglass was chosen for the outer covering
taking into account durability and finished look. The colour white was chosen because of
its heat reflective ability. We used a fiberglass firm who took hold with empathy our building
concept and armed with component drawings and a couple of years ongoing discussion
and construction time, the fiberglass panels were made. Tas oak (f17) seasoned timber
makes up the triangular strut frames that intersect to make up the dome shell over which
the fiberglass panels are placed.

After reading through the book material available on domes it became apparent that there
was very little printed on the actual maths equated in deriving multi angular strut ends and
strut lengths for domes in general but more particularly pertaining to our own type of
construction (ie. Geometric maths that would prove sufficiently the conclusions drawn by the
various publications) so maths to derive such conclusions was worked on that basically
confirmed the published data.

Our plans have been passed by three local councils

Our email address is:    shanelaredo@hotmail.com