[TheForge] Speaking of shops...

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Andy;
I'd suggest more steel and less gunnite..ideally tapering in thickness 
towards the top.
If you use the insulation outside the cement and put a hard face on it, 
you gain the benefit of thermal inertia on the day/night cycle...pf

Andrew Vida wrote:
> Anyone familiar in practical terms with those buildings whose 
> construction is one of a series of modular arches made of scrunched up 
> metal?  I don't know whether they are aluminum or stainless, though I 
> doubt they are the latter.
> 
> Anyhow, I was wondering whether such a building would be strong enough 
> to serve as a form for poured concrete construction.  Put up the 
> building and, say, spray gunite all over it to perhaps a 12" depth, 
> perhaps even with a rebar mesh halfway in.
> 
> I am inclined to think it would not be strong enough to hold up the wet 
> concrete, but I don't really know.  Any ideas?  It would make for one 
> hell of a strong building.  Spray insulation onto the inner surfaces and 
>   it would be pretty much nicer in the cold weather.  I could even 
> envision an earth sheltering scheme for such construction.
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