Building a Geodesic Dome

17 Mar 2019Dome construction, Dome designbuild out, dome hub, geodesic domeMike Rensel 4 Comments

With the lower building mostly complete and the backfilling well underway, we can finally start assembling the the dome structure. While we were confident that we could pull of this build, we were a bit apprehensive going into it considering our first dome failure. We were comforted by the fact that we could make the necessary adjustments with our piped hubs if we ran into a a similar situation this time around.

Designing a Dome Structure

5 Mar 2019Dome construction, Dome designaquaponics, design process, dome hub, geodesic dome, greenhouseMike Rensel Leave a comment

When we first started planning this project we researched a few techniques for constructing the dome hubs. We had several factors to consider when deciding on a building technique such as snow load, which would be best for a permanent structure, ease of construction, and cost.