#dome of home

[steshamarycharles]

A good day at Church♥️

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I am completely fascinated by this abandoned home some urban explorers came across in Belgium. It’s covered in moss, which only adds to its charm, but look at the Plexiglas sunroom. 

Look at the big windows.

There’s a lot of mold inside, but this would be the kitchen. 

There appear to be stairs going to an upper level in the living room. There may be a bedroom in that dome on top of the structure. I wish he’d taken more photos.

Looks like there’s a bathroom in there. 

And, there appears to be a pantry here.

Apparently, it’s been abandoned for 30 yrs., but whoever lived here must’ve had a child, b/c there’s a Mr. Turtle sandbox. So fascinating.

https://www.instagram.com/realjefsteticsworld/

[vintagehomecollection]

The Fireplace, 1994

[shorthaltsjester]

the mighty nein - critical role

this is a place where i don't feel alone. this is a place where i feel at home.

[petaltexturedskies]

Amy Lowell, from "The Fruit Garden Path" in A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass

[soilarius]

My experiences with different analog horrors!

Vita carnis: Oki... Oki... Oh god... *Proceeds to not trust my closet for weeks*

GHE: Holy shit this cool... oh *proceeds to not trust outside (I live in Wisconsin)*

The Boiled One Phenomenon: HOLY SH- OH GOD *proceeds to not trust my widow for a month*

Mandala Catalog: tbh if this was real it wouldn't effect me (I'm Jewish but not super religious)

Angel Hare: OMG I LOVE THIS ITS ODDLY COMFORTING YET ERIE I LOVE THIS!!!

Any Emergency alarm scenario thingy: blud this text to speech is shit.

[tumbly-s]

Stargazing

[check out my pinned post if you’d like to commission me for a similar piece!]

[siryl]

"On the Move" by Adrian Mark Gillespie.

[steshamarycharles]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I like this flying saucer house- doesn't it look like it's hovering? I think it's needs to be painted silver, and the door hinges changed so that it opens like a hatch. It was built in 2002 in Somonauk, IL, has 4bds, 5ba, asking $474,900.

Fire lifters, it's taking off.

And, from the top, it looks like a giant intergalactic boob.

It looks bigger inside. There's a very open, spacious living room with a mezzanine.

They have the living room seating facing the small deck.

At first I thought, "Who's this guy?" and then I realized it's a drop down screen.

The dining area is also very big.

Note how the floor angles up.

The kitchen is huge. You can put a table and chairs and in here.

Stairs to the 2nd level.

I would call this area a flex space. It could be a family room or game room.

Now, this hole here, must serve some purpose, like if you have to get downstairs real fast or your want Scotty to beam you up.

The bedrooms are all basically this shape, and have their own en-suites.

The en-suites are spacious, but not particularly attractive.

I think that the nicest feature is the ceiling.

There's also a large garage/barn on the property.

The lot is 5 acres.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2569-N-46th-Rd-Somonauk-IL-60552/333822522_zpid/?

[seawitchkaraoke]

I want to watch Mice & Murder but it's a zoom one, which would be fine, except from the looks of it, Brennan is recording in the dome all alone and it makes me SO SAD, he looks so small and lonely help!

Like yes they're all at home and alone but I'm thinking of all the empty chairs and I just can't. You're lonelier in a place where there's supposed to be people okay?

[zylphiacrowley]

Okay but what if allied society quest that's just like... all of Shaaloani and it encompasses helping our train boys rebuild a new train, while also helping Koana and the Hhetsarro bridge the gap between them regarding technology and honoring traditions while also maybe helping him get some closure on his abandonment.

[hotgirltavi]

A pall in the horizon

not really sure what these are, had a vague idea and wanted to play with lighting fdsfa

[staticspaces]

Dome Sweet Dome

Don't forget there is also a video that shows you the entirety of this very unique location!!

https://youtu.be/kuhg83VrQb4

And finally in today's post we will be taking a look at the second floor, the outbuildings as well as a few close-up photos of this unique location!

In this week's post we will be exploring a geodesic dome house that has been sitting abandoned for about 10 years.

The first geodesic dome was designed after World War I by Walter Bauersfield who was the chief engineer at Carl Zeiss Jena, to build a planetarium.  But in 1946 Richard Buckminster Fuller coined the term "geodesic".  Using triangular shapes it is an extremely strong, light and efficient way of enclosing space.

Geodesic domes have mostly been created for specialised uses such as the 21 Distant Early Warning Line domes built in Canada in 1956.  While most of those domes are now gone or destroyed the design can still be seen today in more well known places such as Spaceship Earth at Epcot built in 1982, Science World in Vancouver built for Expo '86, The Climatron greenhouse at Missouri Botanical Gardens built in 1960 or even the Montreal Biosphere built for Expo '67.

Dome homes have been less successful than their commercial counterparts mostly because of their complexity and greater construction costs.  In 1986, a patent for a dome construction technique involving polystyrene triangles laminated to reinforced concrete on the outside, and wallboard on the inside was awarded to American Ingenuity of Rockledge, Florida.  This technique allowed homes to be prefabricated and assembled from a kit purchased by a homeowner.  It appears as though this particular dome used a similar technique.

Although using geodesic domes for houses never really took off, they seem to have had a bit of a resurgence in popularity when it comes to vacation homes in areas of great natural beauty.  These structures are built more like tents and often have large swathes of windows for extraordinary views of the surrounding landscapes.

[earthfluuke]

Khatha + Grabbing Dome’s Face MIDNIGHT MUSEUM (2023)