How to Build a RanDome Geodesic Emergency Shelter

Flatten the sheet material as best as possible with a hammer or other heavy object. Aluminum is the best choice for material for its resistance to fire, water, UV rays, insects and deterioration. In an emergency situation however, you must search your surroundings to find any lightweight, flexible sheet materials. A variety of materials can be combined into one structure if necessary. Consider street signs, corrugated steel roof shingles,  upholstery, cardboard, plywood or plastic soda bottles... View Full Article

 

 

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Posted by Richard Fischbeck 

my friend at tensegrity wiki

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Thanks go to http://tensegrity.wikispaces.com/ for a wicked good job putting together and maintaining a scientific tensegrity wiki blog. It has pages and links to all things tensegrity. It's up to date, too.

http://tensegrity.wikispaces.com

Here is one link tensegrity.wiki has added today to the site which takes you to several of Adrian Rossiter's latest and  revolutionary jitterbug movies, inspired by Joe Clinton's jitterbugging tetrahedron. Thanks, Adrian. Thanks, Joe.

Dick

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Joe Clinton's geodesic RanDome explanation

Click here to download:
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Joe Clinton wrote this paper right after the SNEC Tivoli workshop in 2003. Ron Resch and Joe held a lively debate on the quesotion of, "Is RanDome Geodesic?", in the middle of my first RanDome presentation! Thanks to Victor Acevedo of Acevedo Media for recording it. 

http://www.synergeticists.org/snec.meeting.2003.01.html

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BFI Challenge

How to Build a Randome Geodesic Emergency Shelter

RanDome entered the the first Buckminster Fuller Challenge. We didn't win but BFI documents that contest entry. It's a good brief explanation of the RanDome project.  http://challenge.bfi.org/application_summary/161

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