ASD Dome Home   Why Domes? PMPS PIPES Design Service Paper Dome Model Sets & Screens   Contact Us ASD Home Page In geometry, a geodesic is the shortest arc joining two points on a curved surface. Please note: We are a design company which provides specialised solutions to customer requirements. We do not have a stock range of products and do not normally respond to inquiries of a general nature which do not include specific design requirements. To fast-track your enquiry to us with your project requirements, please download a MS Word document which you can email to us as part of your initial inquiry. Email inquiries: dome 'at' avatar.com.au

Avatar Space Design P/L www.avatar.com.au Comprehensive Consultation and Design Service for your geodesic dome or other spaceframe Our comprehensive consultation and design service ensures that all your requirements are considered in designing a space which meets your needs, not matter how exacting. Experience Avatar Space Design’s personnel have been involved for over 15 years in the design, manufacture and touring of geodesic domes–specialising in permanent or portable solutions for enclosing space. Customer–focussed Quality Assurance Our customer-focussed team works under strict performance guidelines. Our quality assurance procedures ensure that we deliver our products and services to exacting standards and of the highest quality. Our aim is complete customer satisfaction. To this end, we provide a consulting service to assist you in ascertaining your specific requirements. A firm quotation can then follow. In order to speed up the consultation process, here is a list of issues that you may like to consider before contacting us to design a space to satisfy your needs. Your requirements of the space Usage display, interactive, immersive, etc etc. Rigging speed, number of persons, skills Transportation air, road, sea, lengths, weights, packaging Baffling (external) sound, light, wind, rain, hail and heat protection Climate (internal) lighting, heating, cooling, ambience control Terrain flat, steep, uneven, wet, dry, sand, grass and rock sitings People movement numbers, flow rates, patterns Security free standing, enclosed, electronic, visitors, personnel Durability the expected useful life These requirements then guide us to design suitable component sub-systems and operational procedures, including such things as Spaceframe dimensions —minimum necessary, maximum, ideal, mass footprint (circular, elliptical, multiple, other) vertical (circular, elliptical, multiple, other) load-bearing requirements entrances, exits, plant Covering membrane (canopy)–number of pieces, colours, and materials solid facets/shingles—materials, colours, advertising and signage, floodlighting Flooring loads, covering, cleaning Internal Lighting - operational, ambient temperature–heating/cooling air-flow Power AC, DC mains, generator, solar Data channels Telephone, intranet, internet, satellite full–duplex, half–duplex, backchannel communication Monitoring internal movement sensing (kinetic, haptic), visitor statisticals Security monitoring of internal, external, contents Certification regulations, siting permits, engineering certificates, environmental Packaging weight, length, volume, transportation requirements Documentation erection, dismantling, operation, maintenence, guarantees Training Personnel training for rigging, monitoring, full operation Content compilation, translation, configuration and production management To fast-track your enquiry to us with your project requirements, you can download the MS Word document with the above lists of descriptors from http://www.avatar.com.au/domes/MyDomeRequirements.doc Your requirements can then be emailed to us as a briefing. FEES Our fee for initial consultation is commensurate with the complexity of the project, usually in the order of 1-2% of total project cost, or on a per diem basis. The costs of our initial consultations are deductable from the final purchase price.Please contact us with your specific enquiry. © Avatar Space Design last update: December 2004