MetaFilter posts tagged with dome

Life under a giant plastic bowl

daniel_charms — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:42:22 -0800

In the bright and shiny future, we all live in cities under giant domes, green and warm all the year round - a sort of Logan’s Run, but without the forced euthanasia. It almost happened in, of all places, in Winooski, an old mill town in northern Vermont. In 1979, at the height of the oil crisis, someone proposed during a meeting called by the town fathers to discuss energy needs that the town should be covered with a dome to reduce the escape of heat. The idea quickly took off. Some heralded it as 'the ultimate in Yankee ingenuity'. Not everyone was as enthusiastic, though, and Winooski's requests for federal funds were turned down. Soon, the enthusiasm faded. The legend of the dome, however, still lives on as a giant umbrella covering the town.

Foam Dome

vronsky — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:47:26 -0800

Styrofoam dome homes

Live in an underground dome home

Burhanistan — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:04:41 -0800

Live in an underground dome home.

Wii 3D

Burhanistan — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:08:24 -0800

Wii + MacBook Pro + Dome - Experiments using the Nintendo Wii as a wireless 3D interface device.

Bruco, the Texas Italian Caterpillar Concrete Dome

dios — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:08:27 -0800

Giant Concrete Caterpillar. Driving on I35 south out of Dallas to Austin, you pass through Italy, Texas, and on the side of the road is Bruco, the Texas Italian Caterpillar, and the home of the Monolithic Dome Institute, makers of fine homes, restaurants, and churches. These domes are green and disaster resistant. (See previous thread). They also can be visually interesting. These domes are concrete as opposed to R. Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic domes, such as Epcot Center or the incredibly interesting Eden Project.

Cardboard domes

Mitheral — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:03:23 -0800

Cardboard Geodesic Dome. A how-to on building a geodesic dome out of cardboard, a bit of wood, some duct tape and paint. Plus some rebar if you don't want the finished dome to fly like a kite. If you like the concept but not the size calculate your own then apply the concept.

Monolithic Pods; Affordable Housing And New Architecture

MiguelCardoso — Thu, 26 Dec 2002 19:39:32 -0800

Hot Little Igloos And Tutti-Frutti Toadstools or Living In Your Own I-Pod: Affordable housing gets seriously cute and makes Hobbits or Bubble boys and girls of all of us. The floor plans are versatile and the rentals (from $68 to $110 a week) are enticing. The "idea that governed the whole planning of Dome Park Lane and really became our goal was to provide clean, secure and -- most importantly -- affordable housing for low-income individuals." Are monolithic domes too good to be true or too weird to catch on? I sincerely hope not. [Via Linkfilter].