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  • damn she's cute.

  • FALSE ADVERTISING 400 YEARS BULLSHIT

  • @brocksoy Hi Boy....you may want to read up on some history and see actually how they actually go much much more than 400 years ;) LOL ;) This is also a UN approved designed that was presented in the 90's ;)

  • IMPORTANT MUST SEE!!! What if you could build a Monolithic dome with 2,600 sq ft of living space, costs 10% of a the average home to build, and provides protection and efficiency from its 24in thick wall? Watch "A HOME FIT FOR ROYALTY"

  • This woman talks too much.

  • This type of building has been around maybe 20 years or so .... we can't know for sure that it will last for "400 years" until one of them has actually lasted 400 years. But, people keep on building conventional brick and wood houses, and we know for sure that hardly any of those houses will last 400 years.

  • @scott97 Hi Boy....you may want to read up on some history and see actually how they actually go much much more than 400 years ;) LOL ;) This is also a UN approved designed that was presented in the 90's ;)

  • "400 years have you ever heard" Zizo Beda is a real cutie. Been looking eco-dome but filling tubes with dirt looks more difficult than filling individual sandbags. Like the staple idea as well. Great work guys.

  • Do you believe in Love at First Sight? I do now. Of course I am interested in sustainable building and sustainable living and it is my thirst for knowledge in this area that brought me to this video. I have fallen immediately head over heels in love with Zizo. What an angel! Please Zizo, be in contact with me. James, put me in contact with this stunning beauty. I must.

    PS, James great job on the project, keep up the great work!

  • Great job

  • How can a building made of sandbags last 400 years? That's preposterous!

  • I tell you what, you seem to have a lot of time on your hands, why don't you grab a stone and place it on your wall outside and watch it every day and tell be how it performs, and then when you pass get your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren .....etc.... and tell me how long it lasts for.

  • That does'nt make any sense.

  • The materials are extremely durable and strong, on top of that the design of the structure being circular (strongest shape you get) supports itself that is why it is earthquake resistant. it's the same how adobe built structures are centuries old, it's the same concept.

  • @lightning1975

    The sandbags are only the core of the wall. It needs to be finished off with a layer of stucco and water-repellent paint on the inside and outside. It will need to be caulked carefully around edges. And it will need regular maintenance (like any home). Notice also that it is being used in an arid environment.

    Consider buildings constructed of adobe or "cob", which is just mud/sand/straw, that have lasted hundreds of years.

  • @lightning1975 Hi Boy....you may want to read up on some history and see actually how they actually go much much more than 400 years ;) LOL ;) This is also a UN approved designed that was presented in the 90's ;)

  • yes it has foundations, a trench was made and in it was filled the bags except the bags had a mixture of soil, gravel and cement mixture. The depth of the trench is dependent on the stiffness of the soil. Our soil was really really tough to the base where we had to get in some heavy machinery to excavate the earth for our soil as the pic and shovel and hordes of people were not able to cut the grade. So the best word of advice is to invest the money into some heavy machine to excavate your soil

  • what about  foundations? does it have?

  • no barbed wire, we used something cheaper, stronger and safer to install. we we did was use 2.5mm thick wire and then it intou-shape of 40cm x 20cm x 40 cm or vice versa you use it to inter-link the bags and do it every 2nd to 3rd layer in even and odd inserts. It made the wall more stable and stronger.

  • Hi there! This came out great (love the window). A classmate and I are trying to make a small replica of this type of dome and we'd like to avoid the barbed wire. Can you post a link to the type of wire you used and also a more detailed description of how you used it? I'm not sure what you meant above when you said "and then intou-shape..."

    Thank you! any help would be great as we're stumped on how to get around using the barbed wire.

  • Sure, we came up with a great way of working around the barbwire as it was a real pain in the but and wasn't always that successful. So instead we used giant staples which we made. So for our construction we took a 3.5 mm iron wire and then cut it up and bent into a staple with the dimensions of 40 x 20 x 40 cm. This then connected every 2 or so brick and the staple went through 3 layers of bags, and it made the structure incredibly strong and stable. for micro models use micro staples :)

  • James, you have no barbed wire between your courses!  How has this been overlooked?

  • How the frig can she switch between languages that quick. incredible

  • omg this is so awesome

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