DOME SHELTER SYSTEM PAGE 3. MONOLITHIC CABIN If you are interested in the Airform system of dome construction then this incredible site is for you.
Based in Italy, Texas this outfit is really putting together some very useful ideas for human habitation. You can visit their website and see how the rubber bladder is inflated to provide a form on which to coat some kind of cement mixture. You can even use their system to build small cabins like the one pictured on the right. “The Monolithic Dome is a super-insulated, steel reinforced concrete structure used for homes, cabins, schools, gymnasiums, bulk storage facilities, churches, offices, and many other uses.”Monolithic • Italy, Texas • Phone: (972) 483-7423 • email@monolithic.com SAFE HARBOR DOME PROJECT For those of you interested in using a modern "airform system" to build a dome home - this site is for you.
This website is a good documentary on building an airform home using modern materials. Solar Dome Research Growing Center - Survival Gardening for the Urban Prepper. People are more concerned than ever about the welfare of themselves and their families and are rapidly fueling the movement to reclaim the health and safety of the food on their tables.
Would it be great if you could grow health foods in your back yard all year long? The Solar Dome Research Growing Center is designed to just that, - be off the grid and produce health food all year long. The first project that the Peaceful Preparers of Oregon has taken on is to build an “Off the Grid” Dome Solar Greenhouse that will grow vegetables all year long. These Domes could be used as temporary housing in time of any crisis. We have chosen a concept called Subterranean Heating and Cooling System (SHCS).
We have acquired the land and finances to design, test and build a series of Domes to determine how to accomplish this at the lowest cost. Construction Techniques for Passive Solar Homes. Charred Wood, Terunobu Fujimori. Terunobu Fujimori, uses charred Cedar wood to create the most beautiful projects that are exercises in playful experimentation and sophisticated craft. Gingerbread House by Laura Dewe Mathews. Rounded shingles create wooden scales across the walls of this small house in Hackney that architect Laura Dewe Mathews has built for herself (+ slideshow).
WaterHistory.org. ABSTRACT: The drainage infrastructure constructed by the Inca at ancient Machu Picchu represents a significant public works achievement. The difficult site constraints associated with the nearly 2,000 mm per year of rainfall, steep slopes, landslides, and inaccessibility posed drainage challenges that were met successfully by the Inca. The technical analysis of the Inca drainage works demonstrates that the drainage criteria used were reasonable and the implementation exceptional, and that the Inca were good engineers even though they labored without the benefit of a written language or the use of a wheel. Proof of the Inca success with drainage rests with the fact that Machu Picchu lay in the rainforest for 400 years without failure.
There is no better example of successful ancient civil engineering than Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu served a permanent population of about 300 with a peak of 1,000 when the Inca emperor was in residence. Mike Shipman Photography. Bungalow interior, Chumbe Island Coral Park, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Each bungalow is eco-friendly with a water-catchment and storage system, solar power, composting toilet, and the architecture is designed to take advantage of sun location and prevailing winds. Each bungalow is built using local materials and labor with traditional construction techniques and methods. Chumbe Island Coral Park is an internationally-awarded eco-resort and the first private, not-for-profit marine preserve in the world. Filename F65S5333.jpg Copyright © 2009 Mike Shipman. blueplanetphoto.com. Image Size 3607x2400 / 6.4MB Keywords. Oryzatech: Strawbale Lego Blocks for Grown-ups. Strawbale Building is one of those endeavours that mostly flies below the radar.
Although a proven construction method for more than 100 years, the mainstream building industry don't really allow it to appear on their screen.That might be because it's been hard to pigeonhole. After all, the raw material is scooped, as agricultural waste, right off a farmers field, instead of shipped out a factory door, complete with specification and safety data sheets. But that distinction might be about the change. Oryzatech make their Stak Block from compressed rice straw, considered the world's largest bio-waste crop. Global Village Construction Set / Open Source Ecology. Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters working to complete a DIY Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) – “a modular, DIY, low-cost, open source, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different industrial machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts.”
Continue reading for more information and videos. Accoya – Acetylated Wood. Wherever you can imagine wood, imagine Accoya® Accoya® wood is suitable for a wide variety of applications, from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
To see some of the many projects in which Accoya® acetylated wood is being used, please click on the application of your choice on the right. Latest Projects Parkbench “Pauline” Accoya® marks entrance to Dublin City University.