Comments on: Dome Sweet Dome http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house Reviews of the cool architecture, home furnishings, fashions and high design items with a WOW factor. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rita Boring http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-147 Rita Boring Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:28 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-147 Husband and I have land and Colorado. We sent for floor plans to build a dome house. We talked of building one that turns. How do we obtain floor plans for this? Is it possible to have a basement with this. I have seen those moving skyscrapers that use wind as well as solar.Looking forward to this info! Are they very expensive to build? Husband and I have land and Colorado. We sent for floor plans to build a dome house. We talked of building one that turns. How do we obtain floor plans for this? Is it possible to have a basement with this. I have seen those moving skyscrapers that use wind as well as solar.Looking forward to this info! Are they very expensive to build?

]]> By: Spot Cool Stuff http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-71 Spot Cool Stuff Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:08:17 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-71 Steve: We don't sell these houses. We report on them. The dome home company that deals with the North American market, Solaleya, is outside of New York City; they have a sample house there you can tour. In Europe the company is called Domespace and is located in Quimper, in northeastern France about an hour's drive south of Brest. The public is welcome at their showroom too. You'll find links to both companies after the house photos, above. Steve:

We don’t sell these houses. We report on them.

The dome home company that deals with the North American market, Solaleya, is outside of New York City; they have a sample house there you can tour.

In Europe the company is called Domespace and is located in Quimper, in northeastern France about an hour’s drive south of Brest. The public is welcome at their showroom too.

You’ll find links to both companies after the house photos, above.

]]> By: Steve http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-69 Steve Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:21:44 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-69 where are you lcoated? Are the costs you mentioned before transportation to sight? where are you lcoated? Are the costs you mentioned before transportation to sight?

]]> By: Spot Cool Stuff http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-56 Spot Cool Stuff Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:16:01 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-56 One of the unexpected things from running this site is learning of how many angry and hating people there online. Spot Cool Stuff is a fun, non-political site. You wouldn't believe how many ranting, angry comments we get. (One commented even used an ugly racist slur to describe the people who must live in a dome house). Why? Why instead of simply making your point in a respectful way or simply stating your question do you have to call our work a "big load of crap," and imply that we are stupid and/or covering up the truth? I don't get it. To the substance of your point: Undoubtedly, the rotating aspect of the dome house is partly to add WOW factor. The actual rotating doesn't take much power—the electricity needed to turn the house 360 degrees is about the same as it takes to vacuum the house once. The thing I think this commenter, friendly as he is, missed is that the house has active and (like almost all other houses) passive solar properties. The active is the solar panels. The passive is the light that comes through the windows. It is on the basis of the passive benefits that the house rotates. So, on cold days the house will point whatever part of it has the most windows towards the sun; as the sun moves so will the house. On hot days, the opposite. On days when you aren't heating or cooling the house the dome will rotate to allow for the most sunlight inside those rooms of the house you are most likely to be using (thus reducing the need to turn on lights). And that's how rotating aspect of the house creates efficiency. One of the unexpected things from running this site is learning of how many angry and hating people there online. Spot Cool Stuff is a fun, non-political site. You wouldn’t believe how many ranting, angry comments we get. (One commented even used an ugly racist slur to describe the people who must live in a dome house). Why? Why instead of simply making your point in a respectful way or simply stating your question do you have to call our work a “big load of crap,” and imply that we are stupid and/or covering up the truth? I don’t get it.

To the substance of your point:

Undoubtedly, the rotating aspect of the dome house is partly to add WOW factor. The actual rotating doesn’t take much power—the electricity needed to turn the house 360 degrees is about the same as it takes to vacuum the house once.

The thing I think this commenter, friendly as he is, missed is that the house has active and (like almost all other houses) passive solar properties. The active is the solar panels. The passive is the light that comes through the windows. It is on the basis of the passive benefits that the house rotates.

So, on cold days the house will point whatever part of it has the most windows towards the sun; as the sun moves so will the house. On hot days, the opposite. On days when you aren’t heating or cooling the house the dome will rotate to allow for the most sunlight inside those rooms of the house you are most likely to be using (thus reducing the need to turn on lights). And that’s how rotating aspect of the house creates efficiency.

]]> By: LOAD of Crap.. A BIG Load http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-54 LOAD of Crap.. A BIG Load Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:40:58 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-54 The 1st one that says the "primary" reason for rotating the entire house is to align the solar panels. This a load of crap.. You want to talk efficient? Efficient is a still house and you just rotate the solar panels them self.. Duh? Now for the truth. Well, the truth is, it's likely the rotating house intended to be a bit exotic and not having to rotate the panels separately is simple a bonus. Funny: Saying the house rotates to move the solar panels is like the age old joke.. How many ______ does it take to screw in a light bulb, 1 to hold the light bulb and 100 to spin the room. ( Or any other variant. ) If this guy turns an entire house to aim a set of solar panels It'd make me wonder about the architects intelligence. As well as , it gives me a real life pawn for the joke. The 1st one that says the “primary” reason for rotating the entire house is to align the solar panels. This a load of crap.. You want to talk efficient? Efficient is a still house and you just rotate the solar panels them self.. Duh? Now for the truth.

Well, the truth is, it’s likely the rotating house intended to be a bit exotic and not having to rotate the panels separately is simple a bonus.

Funny: Saying the house rotates to move the solar panels is like the age old joke.. How many ______ does it take to screw in a light bulb, 1 to hold the light bulb and 100 to spin the room. ( Or any other variant. ) If this guy turns an entire house to aim a set of solar panels It’d make me wonder about the architects intelligence. As well as , it gives me a real life pawn for the joke.

]]> By: jbill http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-51 jbill Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:37:29 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-51 "We aren’t sure what would happen if the Domespace were simultaneously hit by a massive earthquake and hurricane but at that point the rapture might be nigh giving you have bigger things to worry about"....i like that:)...i used to weld 60 ton shelters to concrete slabs...same applies there too...looks good...now if there were more of these in the world maybe everyone would relax a little easier. “We aren’t sure what would happen if the Domespace were simultaneously hit by a massive earthquake and hurricane but at that point the rapture might be nigh giving you have bigger things to worry about”….i like that:)…i used to weld 60 ton shelters to concrete slabs…same applies there too…looks good…now if there were more of these in the world maybe everyone would relax a little easier.

]]> By: Ben http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-40 Ben Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:27:45 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-40 I still don't understand the utility solution. Obviously it works, but I don't understand how a fixed column helps bring water into the home when it is constantly rotating, as the faucets are on the move. Is there some kind of bearing system? Is there any way to just purchase the rotating system for a self built home? I still don’t understand the utility solution. Obviously it works, but I don’t understand how a fixed column helps bring water into the home when it is constantly rotating, as the faucets are on the move. Is there some kind of bearing system?

Is there any way to just purchase the rotating system for a self built home?

]]> By: shannon http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/architecture/rotating-dome-house#comment-37 shannon Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:10:05 +0000 http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=610#comment-37 omggg where can i get one of theseee??? omggg where can i get one of theseee???

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