Eco-Dome - download it at calearth.org

calearth.org this film shows how a pile of earth, dug out from the building site, is turned into a small house called Eco- Dome (moon cocoon model), using the Superadobe technology. It documents how professionals and students from many countries training at Cal-Earth Institute built this structure. It is intended for use with materials and tools developed for instruction during the apprenticeship retreat at Cal-Earth. Superadobe technology was first presented by the architect to NASA for lunar habitats, and can build single or clustered homes on earth which are resistant to fire, floods, wind storms and earthquakes.

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• Earth
• Homes
• Nader
• khalili
• Rumi
• emergency
• refuge
• shelter
• green
• superadobe
• space
• architecture
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• kalili
• poetry

[cristriky]

i'm so curiouse how much a house like this can cost....in a house like this i want to live for ever!!!!!1

[EasternMerchant]

it's interesting how developing countries will adopt this faster than developed countries. But then, civilization has advanced throughout history in the same manner. Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians were once central hubs and the most advanced civilizations, now they are ruins and the newer civilizations have built up cities elsewhere where land was probably once barren.

[smuggecko]

some sweet info here

[Unguidedone]

wtf is this shit "GOD" fuck off

[waellerbe]

I *will* be re-sharing this video through Google+ as we speak. As I continue to read about hurricanes and earthquakes, I look at traditional home construction and I continue to shake my head. WHY? Many of the ridiculously "High Priced" homes are NOT designed with hurricanes in mind, and houses split in TWO by nearby trees cost people even more money. Time to embrace an eco-friendly building technique.

[TheOneAndOnlyMichel]

@TheOneAndOnlyMichel And with those bags, filled with the local soil you build your house. Extra cost comes from the barbed wire needed, and windows, flooring, tools and household items ofcourse, that is logical and you can make it as expensive as you want. The idea is to go to South America somewhere, land is still cheap there for now, and build a small village and grow our own food and perhaps turn part op it into a small tourist-stay where they can come to relax and ride on a horse, whatever

[TheOneAndOnlyMichel]

@cristriky I think it isn't above 3,000 USD. The bags that are used is the only thing you need to buy, those come rolled up, these rolls are the most expensive. I am not sure how much of the roll is used for one medium sized ecodome, but I figure if you use the whole roll, then it costs 2,000-3,000 USD. So if you own a house now, and sell it with a litle profit, you can build a small village of these. Let me know if you are interested in doing so, I am making a plan/project for a small village.

[xrnts]

never saw anything like this before, am going to the web site to see what is possible in wet old Ireland, maybe start off with a garden shed to see how that goes.

anyone in Ireland got a shovel and a strong back? fancy digging for more then tatties?

translation for non Irish, tatties=spuds=potatoes.

[RealPantin]

Lets build our selves a home :)

[rollinswitch]

Does this method work in wet regions? How is the structure insulated for cold regions?

[billman2112]

I want one.

[sittingduck57]

Hey! It's the Dos Eqis guy!