Comments on: Eco-Dome

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:27:20 +0000

That’s exactly what I was thinking when I saw this.

By: Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:21:15 +0000

To answer your question Jean, For female builders You can get scoria (volcanic rock) to fill the bags. Scoria is super light, insulating for cold climates. Or alternately, fill the bag 1/3, place bag and fill the rest of the bag in place.

By: jen

jen — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:41:20 +0000

i would like to build one or more in england and wondering whether they will withstand the rain and cold winters here..

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:03:42 +0000

Has anyone seen any of these built (and lasting) in the Midwest? My son wants to build one here in Michigan, and I can’t see them lasting through our rains, let alone our winters.

By: Larkfleet

Larkfleet — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:34:24 +0000

Looks like a great little place, cant help thinking of Star Wars tho when I look at them pictures.

By: Luigi Fulk

Luigi Fulk — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:49:03 +0000

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By: jonas

jonas — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:41:42 +0000

sir how much it’s cost to built ano dome house? u have company who built here in philipphine?

By: Bardamu

Bardamu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:17:22 +0000

Ventilation.

These are apparently common structures in deserts in parts of Iran and Africa, as described in works by Nader Khalili and Hassan Fathy.

Apparently they operate both with wind and with convection currents. Khalili discusses them at fair length somewhere, but I have leant out my copy.

By: Bardamu

Bardamu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:12:27 +0000

Apparently it varies, but they felt safe with 10 weeks from soil analysis to a complete structure for one residence consisting of two of these and allowing another ten for internal details. The crew apparently had 5-7 people most of the time, including one trained person. My understanding is that no mechanical power was used on site other than the vehicles coming and going with equipment, personnel, and the very few supplies.

So I would say 5 weeks plus whatever kind of detailing you wish.

Each central dome was 15′ in diameter. With limited experience, I find that the spaces created by 9′ and 10′ domes quite to my taste. These are considerably faster. Apparently even a smaller crew can put a dome can go up within a week.