Tribe.net. Local Connections Bruce http://geodesicdomes.tribe.net/thread/a434b6e6-7119-4c53-90b9-db7d7d58d0f1#5ffaba41-584c-443a-a96e-d09422402ab0 2008-11-02T04:29:08Z 2008-11-02T04:29:08Z

Flatness! Yeah, a couple of month ago I put up my built for burning man conduit geodesic dome on a 20 degree slope at our new property in New Zealand. The only experience I had putting up the dome before was on flat ground. The playa or a parking lot, where we did our first test build. Really interesting what happened-- we staked in the top right away, but the whole dome kept getting pulled down the hillside, so it ended up with a sort of tear drop cross section on the ground, which made the other pieces hard to fit as the dome began filling in. Even staking the bottom down still led more to a pear shaped cross section. We built from the bottom up, and getting up high was both helped and hindered by the slope. In some places you could reach higher on the dome because it was arching up the hill towards you, where you had a higher place to stand. But when we had to bring the ladders out they could only be set up with one orientation towards the hillside, or else they would fall over. I guess my advice to folks trying this at home would be to try to figure out where the bottom pieces would be exactly, so they could all be staked down at the beginning....?

Bruce 2008-11-02T04:29:08Z Ben http://geodesicdomes.tribe.net/thread/a434b6e6-7119-4c53-90b9-db7d7d58d0f1#60963e49-a9a4-4ad2-a4d7-683e0e39663a 2008-11-02T02:26:55Z 2008-11-02T02:26:55Z

man, haven't been on tribe in forever. My biggest lesson learned was that I'm glad I used so much damned rebar to stake the dome down. I would have been freaking out if it wasn't as secure as it was in those two really bad storms. It held up like a champ though. Another Lesson...make sure you're spot is flat before you start building. We arrived at 4 am and started setting up only to realize that we picked the only unflat spot on the playa. by that time it was too far up and we didn't want to move anything. will double check next time.

Ben 2008-11-02T02:26:55Z Bruce http://geodesicdomes.tribe.net/thread/a434b6e6-7119-4c53-90b9-db7d7d58d0f1#ad7e6615-d71b-454b-a126-7a431e923d56 2008-09-19T01:14:49Z 2008-09-19T01:14:49Z

Hello lovely geodesic designers, Anyone have any interesting structural experiences they'd like to share from the burn this year? Cheers :-)

Bruce 2008-09-19T01:14:49Z