Final Material Selection for Skeleton

After researching our options for possible materials we could use to create the skeleton of the dome, we refined our choices down to timber as costs were a primary concern with this project to add to its sustainabilty and reducing costs.

 Our final decision was to use 42 x 19 pine which would be fixed with recycled irrigation pipe. The timber was $1.56 per 1200mm

We were able to reduce the thickness of the timber used because of the way in which the loading across the dome works. As there is an even distribution of loading across the dome, it was not necessary to use a stronger wood. This reduced our costs in timber from approximately $500 down to less than $100

(Posted By Tahnee Stevens)