PURRADOME Update #2

It's definitely a good call to move the dome structure from outside into the Rainbow Room as I have been spending many rainy days for the past couple of weeks, tweaking and making adjustments to the PURRADOME structure and entrance. I'm grateful to have a large, dry, indoor space to work and play.

I figure the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to attach the greenhouse panels to the dome structure is with the tried and true Burning Man cure all... zip ties. Being involved with festival culture, there is a natural inclination to design and build structures that are portable and impermanent. To further tighten and strengthen the hold of the panels in place, I will cap the vertices with tuna cans. With this design, I can easily take the dome apart, transport, and set up at Burning Man or other festivals.

It took some time to figure out the correct measurements and dimensions of the entrance as I'm trying to conform varying shapes (a dome, a box and a pyramid) at the conjunction. Having an indoor dry work space gives me more time to play around with what fits and what doesn't (I would hate to do all this outside in the wet and cold). Also being able to walk through, imagine and visualize additions and alterations is important to the creative process.

I have gone through a couple of modifications and iterations already, changing up the door frame from a rectangle in the original animation, to a hexagon shape and will add a "tree of life" print or etching design on the door. Slowly the dome is morphing into a fusion of nature and tech. With the addition of the latest projection mapping technology, I can see the dome being used as a transportation pod through space-time, as you sip on a mai tai while bathing in the warm water of Hawaii or literally floating through the cosmos.