Tinkering with post-industrial scraps to innovate in housing by Nicolás Boullosa on June 1, 2022 Thomas Edison defined discontent as the first necessity of progress. Optimism and progress are naïve constructions of non-conformists who believe …
Built a backyard Yome (yurt + dome) to stay in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2021 When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell …
Built treehouse annex, then became their live-work respite by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2021 Dustin Feider’s prefab system assembles sturdy treehouses with minimum impact. After making models for clients such as The Doors’ guitarist, …
Sewed own popup dome-home for need, been selling them since by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2020 In 1979 Asha Deliverance sewed her first geodesic dome on an old Singer sewing machine, finishing it in time to …
Dome design toughens with size, regulates home/garden within by Kirsten Dirksen on November 14, 2020 When Buckminster Fuller conceived of the geodesic dome in the 1940s he was intrigued by the efficiency of a super-lightweight …
Dymaxion: could homes be as affordable & precise as appliances? by Kirsten Dirksen on July 28, 2019 Supported by tension cables around a central mast, the Dymaxion House was a light-weight, prefab home designed to be flat-packed …
Impresoras 3D y CNC al rescate “maker” de la cúpula geodésica by Nicolás Boullosa on April 6, 2018 Hay invenciones que adquieren sentido y utilidad tiempo después de su anuncio. Las cúpulas geodésicas (domos), estructuras esféricas o semiesféricas …
Real Goods homestead eco-pioneer shares experience/lifestyle by Kirsten Dirksen on March 28, 2016 In 1971, a 22-year-old John Schaeffer, inspired by Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth Catalog, moved onto a 300-acre commune …
Nordic home encased within geodesic dome for passive solar by Kirsten Dirksen on February 28, 2016 In 1960 American architect/futurist Buckminster Fuller envisioned building a dome over Manhattan to regulate weather and air pollution. A half …
10 viviendas mínimas tradicionales: esencia arquitectónica by Nicolás Boullosa on November 2, 2011 Para Marco Vitruvio, la expresión más sencilla y desnuda de la arquitectura, lo que llamó la “cabaña primitiva” (un cobijo …
