Designs based on Golden Rectangle????

[Serena]

Am new to this forum.  What a great idea to have this.   I'd like to have a wee house built in the proportions of the Golden Rectangle.  Haven't found a thread here regarding this.  I have dreams of a contest for designs....  Anyone know of any existing plans?

[glenn kangiser]

  to the forum, Serena.

What a thoughtful and mathy person you are.   

To tell you the truth, I had to look that up to see what it was.

Here is a cool page to play with it on and see.  http://www.mathopenref.com/rectanglegolden.html

I see the Parthenon was based on it.

In adjusting the size of the rectangle to 30 feet long I see that it works out to around 18.6 feet outside dimension for the width, so I would assume it is not often done because it doesn't match standard building material sizes, but that doesn't mean you couldn't do it if you wanted to. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rectangle

[MikeT]

I am really bad about finding threads from the distant past (two plus years ago) here, but I seem to recall this being discussed or something similar--perhaps it was something more in relation to relative height and proportion.

mt

[glenn kangiser]

I should point out that I have recently found that the search functions on this forum, while they work great don't all search the same thing.

There are three search functions on this page, all different.  Top right searches this forum I think.

Top left is the Google search if I recall correctly, and bottom left is full forum search.  If that doesn't work out go to the general or Countryplans design build page and search.

Just stuff I have found from off the top of my head.

I will post it in Forum News also.

[ScottA]

My little cabin 16x26 is very close to golden. And yes I did know what it was without searching.

[glenn kangiser]

Dang --- guess I should have forked over the bucks for that higher education.

[ScottA]

I once amazed a crew by givng them the offset cuts for a 15" cast iron sewer main without getting out of the truck. They thought I was full of it until it went together perfectly. Plumbers sometimes need to know math in addition to the other 3 things.

[glenn kangiser]

Paydays on Friday, crap won't run uphill and what was the third one?

Sorry Scott --- just yanking your chain.

[glenn kangiser]

No doubt that math saves a lot of mistakes if done properly.

[ScottA]

3. Don't bite your fingernails.

[glenn kangiser]

I know --- It may be $h_t to you but it's my bread and butter.

[firefox]

What about 20' x 32.36' ?
I would think that would work out with standard dimensional lumber with very little fudge work,
but then I might have icing on my face.....
Bruce

[MountainDon]

20 x 32 would be close enough for government work. 

What about the height of the cabin? What's the proportion to make that 'golden' as well? Roof pitch?

[firefox]

Aprox 12' ceiling height.  20.06' x 12.4'
Interesting, but I'm not sure if I would want a ceiling that high.

As for the roof, I'm not sure how one would figure that out or if it is possible.

Bruce

[MountainDon]

Hmm. I wouldn't want 12 ft ceilings either. Maybe okay for a train station, not a cabin.

[glenn kangiser]

They are commonly used in Mexico to allow the warm air to get above your head a bit -- keeps things cooler -- may not be bad under the right conditions. 

I have some 12 ft ceilings on the underground complex-- couldn't stop digging.

[MountainDon]

...Mexico to allow the warm air to get above your head a bit -- keeps things cooler -- may not be bad under the right conditions. 

... which would include winter in many places. 

[glenn kangiser]

We're not bad here.

If used with ceiling fans on low reverse in the winter, we find it is not hard to bring the heat down as we have about 11 feet at the high point in the bedroom.