Calculating the triangles

Our next step before construction was to calculate the number of triangles needed, the types of triangles needed, and the length of each side of the triangles. This calculation informed us how many pieces of timber we needed to construct the dome as well as giving up an idea of how many cuts or irrigation pipe will be needed to fix the timber together. The sketches below show our thought process and how we got to the point of know we need 40 pieces of 1200 long timber, 10 extra pieces for error.


(Posted by Tahnee Stevens)