Update!
Yes, it has been awhile since I updated this site! Recently a Florida Chamber of Commerce VP and the mayor of the city have been working with me to see if we can use the TropDomes™ as affordable housing. He … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 12
Sally Coulthard in Biophilia discusses more research on CIRCLES which the Trop Dome™ is basically shaped. There was a research project where actors agreed to have small black dots attached to their faces. Then they were asked to create sad, … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 11
I like for my Trip Dome™ to be designed to be an example of ECO-DESIGN that takes advantage of ways to sustainably operate. I work with Dark Glass Products that offer a film that can go over all the glass … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 10
As you will note the dodecahedron dome of my Raptor Domes Kits™ is in a CURVED shape. A research project was done asking participants to determine the SHAPE that was most PLEASING to them and CURVED ones overwhelmingly were selected! … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 9
One of the qualities of a dome is related to its shape – basically a CIRCLE. Have you ever heard the gospel song Will The Circle Be Unbroken? The CIRCLE is also associated with when a group of us get … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 8
Decades ago I had the honor of meeting one of the pioneers of BAUBIOLOGIE, German architect Helmut Ziehe, who came to the United States to help companies find out why they had so many sick employees. He discovered that the … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 7
As mentioned before COLOR is very important in using BIOPHILIA according to Sally Coulthard in her Biophilia. I personally like the COOL colors in the BLUE and GREEN families. Of course there are the BROWNS, YELLOWS, ORANGES and REDS for … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 6
Now let’s look at how BIOPHILIA works inside the Trop Dome™. In this rendering for one of our 27 foot diameter model we see lots of WOOD furnishings and we already looked at the research regarding WOOD for the superstructure … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 5
My attorney told me you always keep bringing more collaborative evidence forward when you want to win a case. So here is some evidence about SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH that Sally Coulthard shares in her Biophilia about WOOD and health: “One study … Continue reading →
Creating A Trop Dome™ Part 4
It must reflect and exhibit SUSTAINABILITY! According to Sally Coulthard in her book Biophilia, WOOD that the struts are made of not only offers SUSTAINABILITY. “Environments that use wood as an explicit part of their design – whether it’s furniture … Continue reading →