Birdcage Dome on a Mesa
Building Low Cost
Hurricane and Earthquake Safer
Concrete & Steel Dome Homes
and Creating Jobs
Using Only Common Materials
Simple Construction Methods
and Local Skilled or Unskilled Labor
1
Draw a circle on the ground
Give a hard job
To a lazy person
And they will
Find an easy
Way to do it.
Start by establishing a center point.
Pound a short rod into the ground.
23 feet (7 meters) is the diameter.
11feet6inches (3.5meters) is the radius.
So, measure the radius
from the center to the
outside edge of all concrete blocks.
Doing it the easy way.
Fè li fason ki fasil.
Draw a circle on the ground using the radius distance.
Fè yon travay ki gen tèt di
Pou yon moun ki parese
Apre sa, yo pral
Creole: Trase yon sèk a tè ki t'itilize distans adiyis a.
You will need a rope, a measuring tape, and, two stakes or sticks.
W ap bezwen yon kòd, bay yon anrejistre, ak, d'enjeux ou baton.
Drive a stake into the ground at the center of the round building.
Jwenn yon fasil
Fason pou yo fè l '.
Creole: Kondi yon jeu nan tè a nan mitan de bò kay la.
Tie two knots in the rope that are the radius distance apart.
Creole: Mare de noeuds nan kòd la ki aleka distans adiyis.
Hold one knot at center and draw circle on ground with stick.
Kenbe yon sèl kòde nan sant yo e trase yon sèk sou tè a ak baton.
2
Set 4 Blocks
Set 4 concrete blocks inside line.
Ansanm nonm 4 blòk konkrèt andedan liy.
Make top surface of all 4 blocks level with each other.
Fè sifas ki an tèt de tout nivo 4 blòk avèk chak lòt yo.
Remove material under blocks as necessary.
Retire materyèl anba blòk kòm nesesè.
3
• Making a Mesa Base Foundation and Floor
• Fè yon fondasyon baz Mesa, yon etaj
The dome will be
safer during the rain
if the dome is built on
a raised rock base.
Dôme a pwal plu
pandan lapli a
Si dôme a se te
konstwi sou yon baz te
wòch yo.
4
Set more blocks inside the circle.
Mete plis blòk andedan sèk la.
Twist each block to face toward the center.
Todye chak katye nan pou fè fas anvè sant la.
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