Solar Dome
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The Solar Dome greenhouse
is an offshoot of the 1960's NATO developed early warning radar system. They asked the Buckminster Fuller
organisation to design and develop giant golf ball radar domes. In Europe these were placed in Fylingdales
, North Yorkshire.
These giant domes had to withstand extremes of wind and storm and yet remain unaffected. An ex German U-boat
engineer, Hans Lemke, living in Hunmanby
North Yorkshire was fascinated by these domes and thought, "If they can withstand these weather conditions then they would make an ideal domestic garden building, greenhouse or garden conservatory". He explored the Buckminster Fuller Geodesic domes and their principles and then designed and manufactured the first European domestic Geodesic dome
, a 14' 6" Solardome.
The first Solardome was produced in 1969 and production continues to this day, although not in Hunmanby.
http://www.solardome.co.uk
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
is an offshoot of the 1960's NATO developed early warning radar system. They asked the Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....
organisation to design and develop giant golf ball radar domes. In Europe these were placed in Fylingdales
RAF Fylingdales
RAF Fylingdales is a Royal Air Force station on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Its motto is "Vigilamus" . It is a radar base and part of the United States-controlled Ballistic Missile Early Warning System...
, North Yorkshire.
These giant domes had to withstand extremes of wind and storm and yet remain unaffected. An ex German U-boat
U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
engineer, Hans Lemke, living in Hunmanby
Hunmanby
Hunmanby is a large village , which was classified as a town until the 1960s, and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England...
North Yorkshire was fascinated by these domes and thought, "If they can withstand these weather conditions then they would make an ideal domestic garden building, greenhouse or garden conservatory". He explored the Buckminster Fuller Geodesic domes and their principles and then designed and manufactured the first European domestic Geodesic dome
Geodesic dome
A geodesic dome is a spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and also distribute the stress across the structure. When...
, a 14' 6" Solardome.
The first Solardome was produced in 1969 and production continues to this day, although not in Hunmanby.
http://www.solardome.co.uk