Posted on 07/25/2013 2:28:53 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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Monolithic domes are not from the Jetsons
You know what, the design firm says this project started as a trailer park for the 21st Century, I’m serious...
But it morphed into this storm resistant thing here somehow
It looks like some sort of vehicle or machine. Not much interior space, no outdoor living space. Accomodation for vehicles, pets? None that I see.
Park an RV on a modified gas station rack, lower it into a concrete walled pit with a retractable lid when the wind gets up or barometric pressure falls to a certain point. It’s be a lot cheaper with more utility, since you could go places in an RV.
More home-like than that thing, too.
This is a much more affordable, currently available solution to the need for tornado, hurricane & earthquake resistant structures.
We are working with local builders in Belize to make smaller versions like these rental units in Texas available & affordable as hurricane proof village homes .
In a hurricane you better have really good pumps in that hole you retreat into.
a bit too small
Can’t say they’re very attractive and I’d imagine it’s dark and damp in there. Better be running an industrial-strength dehumidifier. Probably cheap to keep cool, though.
Reminds me of that Bugs Bunny cartoon where they had the house of the future. Instead of using steps, there was a button to make the upstairs drop to the downstairs. Unfortunately, all the objects downstairs were crushed in the process.
I don’t see the hobbits.
Looks like the size of many RVs.
Gee, what happens when you go to pop your house back above ground and there’s a tanker truck on top of where your home folded into, or the neighbor’s house, or one to several trees, or any other myriad of items tossed about in a tornado?
...or round doors...
FMCDH(BITS)
I don’t know why people in tornado-prone areas don’t simply live in underground homes. There are so many cool options now. You could get much more ‘house’ without all the hydraulics and other mechanical BS.
Heck, without the house on top, people could have more yard on less acreage.
Or even thatch them, if you'd like!
Or go traditional.
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