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Posted by Kris Krieger on April 11, 2006, 3:38 pm
> Kris Krieger wrote:
>>
>> > Floor plans below those roofs are equally tortured.
>> > I was asked to "help get a permit for" a towered, gabled, splayed
>> > confection of about 5,000 sq. ft.
>> > The Master Bedroom was connected to the Master Bath by three 12'-0"
>> > wide steps.
>> > There was not a rectangular room in the house.
>> > TB
>> >
>> >
>>
>> The silliest part of it is that, if you want to do something like
>> build a geodesic house, or a concrete-shell "dome home", or other
>> round/oblong/non- traditional structure, people act like you're a
>> moron.
>
> The first is adding dysfunction, the second is starting with one.
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> R
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>
They're not as "dysfunctional" as a lot of places I've been in, or looked
at floorplans of, while house-hunting - a lot of them have so many random
nooks and crannies (resulting from the geegawgery of the exterior design
and/or roof arrangement) that it makes it difficult to figure out how to
even put furniture into the rooms. Also, it might be arguable that, since
a sphere is the most efficient design in terms of maximizing volume while
minimizing surface area, a hemishperical structure might allow for minimal
heating/cooling costs (since less surface area means slower thermal
exchange).
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