Monolithic Dome Layout Tips, 2
By mati. Filed in Monolithic Dome Planning Tips |Tags: design tips, dome construction, How to Make a Monolithic Dome, layout tips, Monolithic Dome
Once you figure out which rooms you want the sun to enter at which time of day, it is time to talk a bit about the layout of the rooms inside your monolithic dome. The first thing you have to decide is whether you are going to have one or two floors. Some people argue that if you make two floors, you are going to lose a lot of square footage where the stairs go up. This, of course, is pure nonsense. The square footage you gain upstairs more than makes up for the space that is taken up by the stairs. Besides, it doesn’t really have to be a loss of square footage at all, because the space under the stairs is still usable space. You can put your TV and stereo under the stairs, or you can enclose the space and use it for storage.
The next thing that has to be decided is where your utility and laundry room is going to be, as well as your electrical panel. When designing your own dome, it is easy to forget about utility room, laundry room and even closets. Everything has to be remembered and drawn on paper because a dome is literally “set in stone.” You don’t want to change your mind, or start cutting through reinforced concret walls later because you didn’t think it through properly before you started. Nigell’s philosophy has always been that “if it works on paper, it will work in real life, too.” And so far, his philosophy has never let us down.
The placement of the electrical panel also has to be considered, since the code requires that it can’t be inside a closet or hidden in any way. It has to be easily accessible, and you can’t cover it with a picture or put a table in front of it. So consider the placement carefully and put it on your drawings.
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