With what we know, we can cheaply and easily build a
place that will be a new center for displaced people that need leadership
and a 'sense of place' like everyone else on this planet.
Despair is the worst condition for any human
being, and happiness cannot return until hope has been inspired in the
hearts of those people that need it most. Having a "Place" that is
solid inspires hope. Much like the mosques, temples, synagogues, and
cathedrals have done for hundreds of generations, it is my hope that these
simple, solid, safe, and very large domes will fill that requirement of
inspiration, and provide hope for thousands of people.
Bear in mind that after constructing a large
inexpensive dome, others can easily build multi-story traditionally
constructed buildings, as required, for utility infrastructure within the
dome. One set of balloon forms could be used to make hundreds of domes.
A symmetrical dome 100 feet in diameter would
provide space for 5 story building in the center and cost less than
$200,000 in materials and would provide 7,853 square feet of space under a
50 foot high ceiling.
An Elliptical dome 200 feet in diameter could
easily house a 15 story building. One could liken the concept of the
BioDome Humanitarian Complex as the construction of 'hives' for human
development and ecological support.
Several sets of 20 foot diameter balloon
forms could build thousands of homes in less than a year each providing
314.15 square feet of secure living space with as much as a twenty foot
ceiling if the balloon forms a designed to create an elliptical dome.