From: dr.solo_at_megapathdsl.net
Date: 04/12/00
From: dr.solo_at_megapathdsl.net Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000412093551.0076b96c@mail.megapathdsl.net> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:35:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Interiors
other than the few structural walls/support needed for a second floor,
there is no need for "solid" walls higher than 6 feet or even 8 feet. NO
need for those massive white stucco walls that rise all the way up to the
dome interior (which is also a finishing nightmare). Above the privacy
walls, openable glass windows, or nothing at all lets the light and air
circulate. INgrid
At 01:47 AM 04/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
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. :-)
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>Pat
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