3. Membrane Applications / September 2001

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Main House,    Model Scale: 3/8" = 1'    Membrane: Plastic netting, strips

The structural framework with cables is in place.
Two arch supports are used: the one in the back is an integral part of the shell (it does not show the opening in the wall that will cast light from the kitchen window into the building's interior). The other support is between the two metal posts, to be removed after the shell becomes solid. The three peaks will then hang from the overhead tube.

Step 1: both sides and the back roof area are covered with strips of netting. The curved upper frame in the front & back elevations makes a fanning arrangement of bands necessary, the twist in a band producing curvature.