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Started by razz, Nov 17 2008 04:42 PM

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#1 OFFLINE   razz

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 04:42 PM

While I was snooping around Google Images, I came across Styrofoam Dome Houses. I ended up watching the video on it. Amazing! Never knew such a thing existed. I thought some of you may find it interesting.

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 07:27 PM

Definitely cute houses, and if they keep people warm the way there Styrofoam counterparts keep coffee warm, they'll do for me.

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 12:46 AM

I wonder how long these last... also what about air conditioning since those seem to be out in the middle of the desert.

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 02:55 AM

Nicely designed interior. :D They look odd on the outside; more like teletubby land.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 04:21 AM

View Postrridgely, on Nov 17 2008, 07:46 PM, said:

I wonder how long these last... also what about air conditioning since those seem to be out in the middle of the desert.
Currently the houses are manufactured in South Korea but apparently the company plans to have distributors in every country around the world. I think they probably mean many countries, not every country. According to the video, the styrofoam in itself provides excellent insulation.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 11:59 AM

My family toured a foam house back in the 1980's. It looked like the foam houses in those pics, so not really a totally "new idea." It's one of those things if you see it, you'll never forget it. It was actually rather nice on the inside, but still rather weird looking compared to traditional housing.
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Posted 22 November 2008 - 04:29 PM

I wonder how that would hold up in a hurricane. :lol:
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Posted 22 November 2008 - 09:25 PM

View PostLuLu, on Nov 22 2008, 10:29 AM, said:

I wonder how that would hold up in a hurricane. :lol:
There was some group or company years ago that was testing a dome shaped housing structure in an actual hurricane, needless to say it wasn't made out of foam. It's all in the aerodynamics.
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Posted 23 November 2008 - 04:45 AM

View PostAndavari, on Nov 22 2008, 05:25 PM, said:

There was some group or company years ago that was testing a dome shaped housing structure in an actual hurricane, needless to say it wasn't made out of foam. It's all in the aerodynamics.


Yeah I remember hearing about that.

There was also a dome house built somewhere south of Ft. Pierce that my friends and I passed one day when we went surfing. Haven't been that far south in over 2 years though so there's no telling if it's still around. It was pretty neat though.

The shape is definitely hurricane friendly...but I don't think a styrofoam one would work so well. lol
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