Donut Concept

A dome is optimal but a regular man could probably make a stronger torus than a dome, and faster. It's possible to make a collapsable tent that folds out into a torus but I haven't made one yet. The same principles I had in mind might apply:

• be able to build most of it in small parts and assemble quickly on site, because if you spend a long time on a hefty shelter then decide you have to leave or move for other reasons, you wasted a lot of time.
• must be easy enough to build, but also be able to withstand enormous weather and fireproof.

Donuts could be fitted inside each other, and have the added benefit of privacy. (One person can't see the other person in the other side of the donut.) If you could build one light, but strong enough then you could get some big guys to help you roll your house to a new location. Just turn it up on it's side and roll it. If it can be taken apart you could rebuild the donut around a large tree - you might swing around a little but you don't have to worry about sliding or rolling away. In a field you could fasten the donut to the ground somehow, and build a fire in the middle hole that could warm the whole place. As long as the dome was fire-resistant. Of course it could be designed to make full use of the hole for heating purposes. You would want the door small, but maybe 2 doors--one on the inside and one on the outside. Probably would hafta be round and just big enough to crawl into.

We need ideas for materials or construction methods that a cheapskate like myself can get. Also remember that you can build a big torus out of smaller ones, and in turn build the smaller ones out of smaller ones still. You could fashion tires into a large skinny torus, and then fashion those into one really homongous donut house. But then it might catch on fire easily. I'm going to work on some more models soon. Keep you posted.

Joe

I had this idea of rolling a donut house a few months ago, but it's just incredibly weird if you think about it! It's also quite logical if you're willing to challenge your paradigms which is happening a lot for me recently. Is there such a thing as a light weight plaster of paris?

John