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Footprint to volume depends on the truncation. Volume to surface area is where they shine. And building bigger with the same materials.
The folks place had a gable roofed extension to the east. You can see where the 2nd owner removed the passive solar and roofed it with commercial shakes. In theory that could be a little shotgun shack.
The dome I lived in was built next to an old house and connected with a kitchen (the third one, the owners had to bring the house up to code before they could connect the two).
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