On Land
Installed anywhere you can place a foundation, and of any shape in which
you can construct the balloon forms that remain stable during infusion of
solidifying material, and will support its own weight in and any geologic or
atmospheric disruption, such as earth quakes and storms.
The creation of a the Under Sea dome is easily generated by sinking the
balloon forms, attaching them to a foundation installed in advance, then
inflating the inner balloon with the existing sea water which is easily
available. The alternative to inflate with pressurized air would
require an expensive air compression system that will generate enough
atmospheres of pressure in order to displace the existing atmospheric
pressure at the location of the installation. Once the internal
space is filled with an equal atmosphere and fully inflated, the ports are
then closed to maintain the shape of the mold as the casting material is
injected into the mold.
A on ocean going freighter can easily be retrofitted to manufacture
concrete that is shuttled to the bottom of the sea using a multitude of
gravity fed canisters, each being lowered into, and docked with, pumping
stations that fill the void between the inner and outer balloon forms.
In this unique construction project, the balloon forms should be of one
piece that will maintain a 'sterile' void within the form space to be filed
with concrete.
The wall thickness may be more than 10 feet?
Below Zero Arctic Permafrost Zones
This dome can be easily created using the plurality of snow, ice being
melted and re-solidified in the mold. The first Dome of Ice is
constructed using the Balloons. After the balloons are removed, the
outside will be epitaxialy grown by the application of low pressure water
spray. Theoretically, the dome could be thickened to a point of
thickness only limited by the amount of time and the amount of water spray
applied. Perhaps the Dome of Ice could be constructed to be
twenty or thirty feet thick? A very large area could be created that
is protected from external extreme temperatures, where the internal
temperature can be easily kept stable at just one degree below freezing.
Further more, sub structures will then be built within the dome that are
heated to human comfort levels.
Just how easy it is...
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.
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