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I agree with the dome being a fantastic way to direct air. Architecture, almost a form of engineering even though it isn't technically...
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Architecture is the middle ground of art, engineering, philosophy and politics.
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The only problem i really see now is homes are so efficient now we really don't want any uncontrolled airflow into a house now. The new way is to seal the house up like a yeti cooler and treat the air before it comes in.
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Heat exchangers and enthalpy wheels. Fuller's 1947 Dymaxion house had a heat exchange that was the entire floor.
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I'm willing to bet the issue with the dome is the awkward rectangular lots people are given, and non square or rectangular rooms waste a lot of space! The hard part with the efficient two story plan a lot of the time is figuring out how to incorporate the minimum roof pitch correctly so there's no wasted space in the rooms up stairs or weird 4 foot outer walls lol.
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Rectangular lots are only awkward when they are too small.
And nobody tries. Did you know that the icosahedron, held edge vertex, has an hexagonal equator? Or a golden ratio rectangle?
www.archimedes-lab.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icosahedron.jpg
And bilateral symmetry.
A partial spherical shell can substitute for engineered roofing trusses over an arbitrary plan. And probably be more economical.