Thomas Edison Also Invented the Concrete House, Says NJIT Researcher
“Edison’s one-of-a-kind system was patented for the purpose of building a single, repeatable structure without any parts, with a single act of construction,” said Burgermaster, “And, remarkably, 100 years later many of these houses remain standing.”
http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-215.php
Have also seen an experimental project of domes (igloo?).
Full size poured in place.
IIRC they had forms for the openings; windows, doors,vents...You want the window about here?... OK...
The equipment was set on the center of the slab and swung in continuous slow circles.
The equipment was set on the center of the slab and swung in continuous slow circles."
There is a company based in Texas that has been building concrete domes for many years using a different technique. Visit: http://www.monolithic.org/
I have visited their headquarters and was impressed by what they do.
Do you have a link for the concrete domes? I gave a local TED Talk last year about "3D Printing Domes Homes", but am unfamiliar with the method you mentioned.
I use the inflatable "AirForm" from Monolithic Dome Institute. Right now the concrete is applied to the outside of the AirForm by hand, by a shotcrete gun or by the low-tech Mortar Sprayer. This version is the EcoShell. The insulated version, called the "Monolithic dome", first has foam insulation sprayed INSIDE" the airform, then the concrete sprayed on the foam insulation.
I'm working on a Polar Scaffold which will be the frame for the rotating "printer" which will spray the concrete automatically (CNC). Since the inflated AirForm acts like the paper in a conventional printer, this method is really 2D, but with dome shaped "paper".