diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 86e057d86ca6fc4ea87b1c8b5e3f4985b4c5212b..d40dc3579aed9d105214112fbf3ad0d79a496e16 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,23 +3,30 @@ 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"> + 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"> + 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"> + The final design was a 2V dome, 3.1 meters tall and 4.3 meters in diameter. ## Fabricating the Dome -We cut the hub components on the Fab Light +We cut the hub components on the Fab Light. + <img src="img/fab2.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px"> + and folded them (18 degrees!) on the handbrake. Then we cut the 2x4's down to size, and pre-drilled them with a 3D printed component. + <img src="img/drill.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px"> <img src="img/fab1.png" alt="scheme" width = "800px">