House of foam: Reality or Fiction

When there was a terrible earthquake in Indonesia, the US company "Domes for the World" in a short time built in Jakarta dome of the village and 70 houses. He looks so impressive, as the home of extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

In the US and Japan have long been building a dome home from foam, and perhaps due to this fact, stubbornly goes the myth of unrealistic low price Dome homes Styrofoam (polystyrene blocks).
Some have already started to count, what is real: to build a round house or pay the mortgage.
Logically, you can live in anything from the dugout to skyscraper, but as far as is justified in our time the construction of the dome of the yurt, as already called this design can be judged by the pros and cons of technology construction.

we count the pros

• Foam insulation is one of the cheapest
• Do not shrink
• Due to the ease of saving on foundation
• Heat and sound insulation
• Environmentally friendly
• And in terms of construction times less because the concrete blocks laying lighter than brick

Minuses

• Brick and cement are much more durable
• foam structure like a sponge, absorbing moisture from the atmosphere
• The fragility and porosity of the blocks, can break even by transportation vibration
• Flammability not cheap material requires special processing inside and outside walls

So much for the construction and savings on materials. The most surprising part of the dome houses is their round shape. It is extremely seismic resistance, which is why the Japanese seized on the idea. Due to the shape, the structure can withstand strong winds and a huge layer of snow. Round building firmly on the ground, and what it rounder, more stable.

If the stove or fireplace to put in the center, the better and faster heating warms the house, while the angles in a normal home take most of the heat.

And we can not ignore the originality of external registration.
It seems to me, in such a house should be a completely different philosophy of life. All the Oriental peoples lived in yurts, which are very similar to a dome home. Maybe that's the foundation of Oriental wisdom? Maybe Dome House a chance to get back to nature?

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