Would Living in a Round House Be Awesome, or Would It Suck?

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  Michael DiTullo

  a year ago

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  I want to see photos of builds of some of those floor plans with the central courtyards!

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  Mark Kisenwether

  a year ago

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  Ever since I first considered moving to Florida I grappled with the concept of designing a dwelling which would not only be resilient to the common problems of environmental degradation as well as critter and insect attacks, but also resilient to the extreme weather conditions Florida has to offer. 

  
  

  Dome style structures whether they be built on a continuous radius or multi-sided are by far the most resilient to the external forces of nature. Driven by my autodidactism I began doing extensive research on all types of structures from yurts to igloos to geodesic domes. My searches revealed that someone had tried to market pod style modular homes I believe in the 1950s (you'll pardon my working from memory as my research documents were lost in my move from PA to FL). 

  
  

  As is still common today, the major resistance the inventor faced was created by the lack of understanding and adapting to the concept of dwellings that aren't simply a box of boxes. By far the majority of homes in the world are nothing more than a box of boxes; a big box divided into smaller boxes. Personally, I have always found the concept hideous as I prefer vast open spaces to being stuck in a box. Round dome concept dwellings create the maximum amount open space and even when combined with a loft, the openness is still not lost. 

  
  

  Perhaps it was my time in the Navy and fascination with shipbuilding, or simply my eccentric nature, but adapting building on a radius is quite simple and easy if one stops thinking in squares. If one is going to make the jump into the tremendous benefits of a round/dome style dwelling, why do they still insist on limiting themselves to accepting the inefficiencies and boring nature of square walls and furniture? Break free! - MarkKw

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  Mike Nelson Pedde

  a year ago

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  It depends on how you define 'round'. Igloos are dome-shaped. Yurts have a round footprint but vertical walls and a central peak. Of course you could ask the people at Deltec Homes: https://www.deltechomes.com/ or Mandala Design: https://www.mandalahomes.com/

  If you make each wall 8' long but have a number of them, you have space for your furniture and a round house. You can also build interconnected pods for bedrooms, living space, garage, etc. 

  
  

  And then there are the Rotating houses... 🙂

  
  

  Mike. 

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  Donald Jones

  a year ago

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  If it looks like Living with the Lands, that would be awsome. https://www.farmflavor.com/florida/walt-disney-world-farm-grows-magical-produce-earth/

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  Tee Jay

  a year ago

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  It would be fun to *STAY* in one (short term AirBNB for instance). It would suck to *LIVE* in one. While some of the floor plans are intriguing, it's just not an efficient design for living in.

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  Eric Jacobsen

  a year ago

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  It would be awful, because it does the opposite of what an airy, high-ceiling evokes. Even if you had a 12 foot ceiling but it’s rounded, the “collapsing” effect makes it feel like a seven foot ceiling. 

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