September, 2023 – Final Steps Before Hubs and Struts October 2nd – Start of Bolting The Lower Struts to the Hubs Michael’s friend Tyler took a month off his regular carpentry work to help build the dome structure. October 28th – Exciting Day – First Triangles Michael used a come along to raise the first…
Category: Our Geodesic Dome Home
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Concrete Wedges For Foundation Hubs & Family Help
July & August – 2023 – Concrete Wedges For The Foundation Hubs The dome focused summer months of 2023 were spent making forms for 5 concrete wedges, pouring the cement, removing the forms, then preparing for hubs and struts. Family Help Michael’s brother Joel traveled from Ontario to help out for a week. Joel helped…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Steps – Installing Under-slab Plumbing To Final Pouring of Slab
October, 2023 – Digging the Under-slab Plumbing Trenches November, 2022 – Under-slab Plumbing November/December, 2022 – Under-slab Insulation Spring, 2023 – Concrete Reinforcing Mesh July 7th, 2023 – Slab is Poured
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Rustproofing & Color Coding Hub Sets & The Origin Registration Tool
Autumn, 2022 – Michael’s Invention – Origin Registration Tool At the top of the pipe is a shackle Michael purchased on Amazon. The shackle rotates and pivots. He drilled a hole in the shackle and put a 35ft one-eighth inch thick stainless steel cable through it. He then crimped on a little swage so the…
Building A 5 Partial Sphere 3 Frequency Icosahedron Geodesic Dome – Construction Begins
May 14th, 2022 – Ready to Begin The area is ready to start building. June 19th, 2022 – Our Temporary Home We permanently locate our 5th wheel on our property. This is where we will live as we build. The RV is hooked up to the septic. Water is from a temporary pump on our…
Chapter III – Balancing Form & Function – The Important First Step Of Turning a 3 Frequency Icosahedron Into a Geodesic Dome Home
Photo Credit – Michael Millette & Zip Tie Domes Truncating a 3 Frequency Icosahedron To truncate is to cut something off. Form and function are two starting points of knowing where to cut a portion of the icosahedron off with the intent to make a home. Form includes your personal vision and what you require…
Chapter II – Dome Frequencies
What is a Frequency? First, I had to figure out what a frequency is. According to Wikipedia, there are a variety of frequencies: temporal, spatial, and angular. ¹ Too technical for me. Basically, a frequency is the number of times something occurs. In domes – a frequency is how many times an icosahedron edge has…
Chapter I – Five Platonic Solids & Dome Homes
Etymology of a Dream Michael was 15 years old when he first laid eyes on a geodesic dome home located in Cambellford, Ontario. He had no idea these types of homes existed. At that moment, he began his love affair with these highly irregular and unique structures. When Michael and I first met, he asked…