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Yes, there is a lot of research, experiments, prototyping, measuring etc to be done. For example you can test materials for years, just put some tile outside a
by Gravityloss 5y ago
Yes, there is a lot of research, experiments, prototyping, measuring etc to be done.
For example you can test materials for years, just put some tile outside and come back every year to see how it's weathered.
Or you can research the past. For example with timber there's so many things that need to be done that are not obvious at first. Starting from how you choose the trees and when you fell them.
It's important for climate reasons that we get better insulation for houses, or can replace concrete with other materials, but if it's done badly, it will cause those houses to be torn down after a few decades because of mold issues.
- jacquesm 5y agoI see these as a curiosity, an interesting design study but probably not even well suited as emergency housing (we have better options for that, and likely much cheaper as well). The dome houses linked to below are more interesting (for instance a 'normal' house inside a dome to control the environment). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29302334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29302334 Buckminster Fuller pretty much exhaustively treated the 'dome' concept and the 1930's were open to all kinds of innovation that we consider settled knowledge now. Some of it remained, for instance large open span buildings, and Spaceframes (Octatube). But domes for everyday life are most likely not going to happen unless you're looking at space.