[TheForge] Small shop questions

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Being in the "scenic zone" the only way i was able to get a building 
permit for the shop was to convince the coastal comission that the  , 
um, "studio" would be indestinguishable from the landscape...in the form 
of a large ferrocement rock outcropping. There are temporary salvaged 
galv sheet walls up now. My plan at this point, is to weld the "rock" 
form out of  scrap steel and apply the ferrocement over that, with a 
color and texture surface coat. That way I'll be able to weld  stuff 
onto the walls almost anywhere. In light of my grey hairs, I probably 
bit off more than I could chew.....never had an inkling that the permit 
process would take over 4 years and all our building money for BS 
paperwork. Wonder if it'll be done before I'm dead?..........Pete F

Walter L. Mullett wrote:

>Andy,
>
>Sounds almost like the stuff Paolo Soleri has been doing at Acrosanti for
>40+ years except when they first started, they were mounding up dirt to form
>the shell.
>http://www.arcosanti.org/project/main.html
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>And of course that was nothing new either since the Romans were doing it
>2,000+/- years ago with their 140' clear span concrete dome at the Pantheon.
>(Except the pantheon was not ferro-cement.)
>http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.html
>
>Walt
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>From: Andy Vida <osan at netlabs.net>
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>Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:55 AM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Small shop questions
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>>Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
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>>>If you aren't restricted by the codes, you can have some real fun
>>>building. Thin shell ferrocement allows lots of  freeform freedom and
>>>isn't terribly expensive...for example....Pete F
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>>Oh yes.  I went to this alternative housing thingy at OSU
>>nearly two years ago and the one method I found most impressive
>>was with ferrocement.  A huge bladder was setprecisely on the
>>site, covered in rebar, then the cement was pumped onto it and
>>screeded flat.  Then the bladder was inflated with air and a
>>very large dome erected itself.  The builders wait a while, then
>>climb and finish the concrete.  The result was truly beautiful.
>>
>>They could build such a structure in ONE day if preparations were
>>well made.
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>>I also like hay bale construction and adobe.  My father told me
>>about the house of the mayor of New White Lake in Hungary.  He
>>was there when my great uncle Desmond took over and the outgoing
>>mayor threw a celebration for him (gee, I wonder if there might be
>>a lesson in there for American politics).  He said the house was
>>mud brick with walls two feet thick, and even three in places,
>>a thatched roof, and one of the most beautiful houses he'd ever
>>seen.  Warm in winter, cool in summer.  Sounds OK to me.
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