Re: spectacular and serene

[Dwayne <ddraig at pobox dot com>]

Charles J Knight wrote:
> 
> > Oh well, I'm not so big on the dome idea, I actually am into
> > earth-sheltered housing. I joined this list because of the idea of
> > living sustainably, as opposed to any preference for housing
> > structure,
> > really.
> 
> Fantastic!  My personal favorite structure is a tension structure,
> actually a simple one -- the radial tent.  But, you've got to fit the
> structure to the site, too.  That's why some houses (rectilinear,
> dome, tension tent, etc) look like they landed from outer space.

What is a radial tent?

I'm more into build-it-once permanence, myself, which is one of the
reasons I favour earth-sheltered houses.  But then again there are some
fabulously durable materials available. Hmmm. I like the idea of
tensegrity applied to houses, I guess it would be especially useful in a
treehouse, all that dynamic retensioning would be handy in a wind.

I'm offline for a bit, btw, so I'll be occasionally replying via
batchmode.  Argument with ISP.  :-(

Dwayne
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