geodesic domes
made simple
The build
Read out the descriptions and check
progress against the illustrations.
Step
Check out the
Completing your dome
section for next steps.
DOME DONE!
Before you begin – separate piles
It’s easy to mistake
SHORTS
for
LONGS
and 5-ways for 6-ways!
x6
x30
x20
x35
+
LONGS
SHORTS
5-ways
6-ways
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This paper is made
from polypropylene
and can be recycled
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You need
Description
(read this out to someone helping you)
It should look like this!
Then
• Start with a 5-way hub in the middle and connect fi ve
SHORTS
into it.
– hubs should always face up and sticks always connect in from below.
• Snap a 6-way hub onto the end of each
SHORT
.
• Place fi ve
LONGS
around the outside and connect them
into the 6-way hubs.
• Lift the centre 5-way hub by its sticks to make the fi nal connection.
• Connect a pair of
LONGS
into the left and right free sockets
of the 6-way hubs (keep the middle socket free).
• Use 6-way hubs to connect the
LONGS
together to create triangles.
• Place ten
SHORTS
in a ring around the structure so far.
• Work your way around the ring, connecting the sticks one at a time
– when you can’t make a connection lift the hub above.
• Connect a
SHORT
into the remaining free socket of each 6-way hub.
• Snap a 5-way hub onto the end of each
SHORT
.
x5
x5
Then
x5
x10
x10
x5
x5
Then
Then
x5
x10
x10
x10
x10
• Connect two
SHORTS
into the 5-way hubs and two
LONGS
into the 6-way hubs.
• Use ten 6-way hubs to connect
SHORTS
and
LONGS
together into triangles.
– use sockets that are next to each other on the hubs.
• Place ten
LONGS
in a ring around the outside.
• Work your way around the ring, connecting the sticks one at a time
– use sockets either side of those already populated.
– when you can’t make a connection lift the hub above.
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SHORT
LONG
5-way
hub
6-way
hub
