From 71c02f60e1f1e33ff9081ebe5ffbe1f59976b41a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ziv Epstein <zive@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:32:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 86e057d..e0bcea7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DOCUMENTED. ## What's the Deal with Domes? - -Inspired by [Jake, Sara and Agnes' dodecadome](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/jakeread/dodecadome) for 99F, we decided to build a new one for the first outdoors 99F. Also because that outdoor feature, we decided to go bigger in size. +Geodesic domes have always occupied a special place in the heart of MIT, and of the Media Lab in particular. They are deeply [solar punk](https://pinkcastle.productions/) in their modular archiecture and utopian ideals. Inspired by [Jake, Sara and Agnes' dodecadome](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/jakeread/dodecadome) from a previous [99F](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HsdU3MGi3vtlB2OIukiFrpB3p9z2m6j6qDhQZCE4PzQ/edit?usp=sharing), we decided to build a new one for the first outdoors 99F. Because the dome would be outside, we decided to go bigger in size. ## Designing the Dome +<img src="img/dome6.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px"> +<br> The dome was designed for robustness: it was stress test to ensure multiple drunk people to could climb on it safely (although this behavior was discouraged at the party). <img src="img/dome4.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px"> +<br> Most [geodesic domes are designed to](http://www.domerama.com/dome-basics/odd-frequency-geodesic-domes-and-flat-base-at-the-hemisphere/) have a flat base by using a perfect hemisphere. This one was designed to have an additional layer of triangles below the halfway point, giving it a more upright form. <img src="img/dome3.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px"> -<img src="img/dome6.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px"> +<br> The final design was a 2V dome, 3.1 meters tall and 4.3 meters in diameter. ## Fabricating the Dome -- GitLab