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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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Joe Clinton's geodesic RanDome explanation

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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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Clinton’s Equal Central Angle Conjecture

How to Build a Randome Geodesic Emergency Shelter

Dick's RanDome is mentioned in this paper:
...it has come to my attention that Dick Fischbeck has been working on similar problem. He randomly arranges cones of consistent diameter on the surface of a sphere based on the spherical excess angle of a polyhedron. He has also proposed a variation where the central angles of the cones may consistently generate random tetrahedral pyramids that will tessellate the sphere. Perhaps a careful study of his RanDomes will provide a solution to the Goldberg polyhedra equal central angle problem.

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