When we talk about domed houses, figurative thinking often implies a hemisphere as their classic shape. In many cases, the concepts of dome and hemisphere are identical. However, in practice, for various reasons, the shapes of domed houses are very diverse, and our recent work is a striking and very unusual example of this...

«…A new object appears in our field of vision…»

Initial sketch of this project

So, we present a domed house built in the city of Uzhgorod. At the beginning of working on the data standard project, the form and equipment were classic for buildings of this type. Windows exit onto the terrace with sliding glass doors, attic windows proportionally spaced closer to the top of the dome, acting as additional lightening of the interior space, and an open terrace in the shape of a dissected circular diagram. The only exception, perhaps, was the main entrance, made in a C-shaped elongated shape where a wardrobe and a small bathroom are functionally located.

The planned diameter of the dome according to the 1st version of the project was 11.5 meters. This meant that its height would be approximately the same as the radius - about 5m75cm. For a one-story building, where multi-tiered placements of multifunctional zones were possibly planned, this would be quite enough.

However, the client voiced another task, namely, that it was necessary to provide for the possibility of constructing a second floor, divided into several rooms, presumably this could be a recreation room, or an office, possibly a library, and a bathroom on the second floor.

If we assume that the thickness of the interfloor ceiling is about 300 mm, and the thickness of the load-bearing visible beams of the dome is approximately the same, then 3 m of the first floor and approximately 60 cm (floors plus internal beams of the dome) were subtracted from the net height of the dome arch. Thus, for the premises of the second floor there was only 2m15cm left, and then at the highest point of the domed building, which was clearly not enough for a comfortable location and life of people in these areas, and to reduce the height of the premises of the first floor to Soviet standards of the “Khrushchev” type, which amounted to 2.5 I didn't want meters.

Metamorphoses of subsequent preliminary designs

Since there were no plans to increase the diameter, and therefore the area of the building, for reasons of comfortable placement of other buildings on the site and movement between them, a rather extravagant method remained: to extend the dome in height, and some people noticed that the dome had become egg-shaped. It is noteworthy that the appearance did not suffer at all, and the design turned out to be quite successful.

An increase in height requires a revision in the brightening of the interior space of the dome

Therefore, it was decided to glaze two interbeam segments, which, although it increased the cost of the solution, significantly improved the overall appearance and gave it richness and external gloss! This version of the project was approved by the customer as final and we received the go-ahead for construction.

A new type of roofing for domed houses - seam scale roofing

The company Modern Wooden Houses has completed the main complex of construction and finishing work just in time for the new year 2020. But there is another very important stage ahead, this is covering the dome with a seam roof! This is another very exciting innovation. Let us remember that the previous wooden domes were covered with ceramic roofing, bitumen shingles, and even reeds. seam scale is one of the premium roofing coverings for dome structures, and will be used by our company in Ukraine for the first time... We hope we have intrigued our visitors, and we ourselves are looking forward to new photos from this construction site. And with that, we say goodbye to you for a while until new publications!