How to Build a Bike Shed
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A project documents designing a bike shed for Olympic Mills Commerce Center with no formal construction experience, delivering plans and a Starter Kit and running into permits and radon questions. Key decisions: east side placement to limit afternoon sun, concrete or large-rock footings, concrete flooring, full-height walls if used, and a rack that keeps wheels apart — the team tests a cinder block proto failed as a solid mass with no interior. Roof tradeoffs are corrugated tin vs plastic, mirrored panels risk fire, tarps and bamboo are suggested but fragile.
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