From: Patrick Salsbury (salsbury_at_sculptors.com)
Date: 04/12/00
Message-Id: <200004120847.BAA17388@bootstrap.sculptors.com> Subject: Re: Interiors Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 01:47:21 -0700 From: Patrick Salsbury <salsbury_at_sculptors.com>
> > > I've always been troubled by something when I
> > > looked at a dome's interior. ... In a house
> >
> > Yes! Exactly what I was thinking.
>
> Good...I'm not the only one.
>
> > It seems like an efficiency, too, to design a room without corners
> > that
> > catch dirt and cobwebs and are hard to clean.
>
> It might even be possible to leave "natural" openings between spaces,
> while still retaining privacy. That might simplify climate control,
> since ductwork would not be necessary.
Y'know, I'm really glad we have this community. It's very cool to hear
ideas from others that resonate well with my own. Like Chuck says:
"Good...I'm not the only one." :-)
I've been thinking of a 6" area out at the edges of the dome, wherever
a floor joins to the shell of the dome, which is made of some sort of grating
like you have on floor heaters. These could be closed over, when you wanted to
close off an area, but otherwise, provide a clear and easy path for air
circulation. Domes have great air circulation properties, untill people divide
them up with lots of walls and floors. Having the entire outer perimeter of a
floor open to airflow would allow for very quick and easy heating/cooling.
Especially if you have a Uranium Hot Rock somewhere kicking out heat for you
while you sit atop an ice-flow in the arctic or antarctic. :-)
Pat