architects
2013 Sociocultural centre. Reinosa
2013 The dwelling of the future
2012 Public equipment with heliport
2010 Loft 70m2. III design contest
2008 Urban furniture. Foro da madeira
2008 Rural equipment. Foro da madeira
2008 Housing industrialization_INVISO
Wooden active bending geodesic dome
Prototype
April 2014
Completed
We built the V2 prototype for the geodesic dome from the dodecahedron. So the geometric poligon that we could find repeated and in the top of the dome is the regular pentagon.
Instead of using straight bars, originally planar slats are curved to perfectly fit the hemispherical surface. This bending operation, while achieving a better surface adaptation also increases the stiffness of the structural elements.
The optimization of a single standard plywood of okoume 4mm thick has been aimed for obtaining the dimensions of the dome. This board has been divided in two groups of pieces, 35 long and 30 short ones.
The hemisphere obtained can be used as a game for children and has a slightly less than 2 meters diameter. The assembly process takes about an hour and a quarter, while the disassembly takes about fifteen minutes.