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maxx001World Youth International constructed this EcoShell orphanage in Nyamasaria,
Kenya. The Owiti Children’s Home serves a few of the many innocent children who
have been left orphaned by the AIDS virus. www.dftw.org
The Monolithic EcoShell Dome Offers Answer to Housing
Domes for the World Shortages in Developing Countries
Foundation is a The name “Monolithic” means “one piece” and refers to the Monolithic Dome
Nonprofit Corporation. Institute which developed the EcoShells.
Donations are tax EcoShells are constructed with 2 or 3 inches of concrete and a modest amount of rebar.
deductible.
EcoShells use less than 50% of concrete and rebar when compared to a conventional,
Rebecca South,
President rectangular building of the same square footage.
PO Box 520220 The compound curve of the dome makes it stronger than virtually any other structure.
Salt Lake City, UT They also take much less money and time to construct-- a small house can be built in
84152 just 3 days!
[email protected] EcoShells are constructed of readily available and environment-friendly materials.
469-853-1412 Trees and other local natural resources are conserved. Construction can be done by
hiring local labor with very little special skills and/or equipment.
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These Domes are as disaster proof as a building can get. They will withstand
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tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and fire. They cannot be burned, eaten by bugs or
destroyed by mold. They will last for centuries. And because of the concrete’s thermal
mass, interior temperatures remain stable.
Sustainable buildings, according to the U.S. Green and thrive as a culture and society. If our structures are
Building Council, save energy, water and materials; no sanctuary from stray bullets, indiscriminate winds,
preserve the local surroundings; assure the health of their devouring insects, or raging fires, then they are not
occupants; and require little maintenance. sustaining. Monolithic Domes [and EcoShells] demand
our labor once to assure the security of ten generations to
Mr. Perry Gray-Reneberg, professor of industrial
follow.
technology at Humboldt University, says, “Monolithic
Domes [and EcoShells] inherently resist the wasting of Building for the future involves community-wide effort to
more precious resources in that they sustain human life educate public servants and economic leaders with what
and protect our considerable investment of time. We our grandchildren will have as common sense: Monolithic
work to build, commune with nature and one another, Domes [and EcoShells] sustain all communities of Earth.”
Catalytic Software in Hyderabad, India has a complete city made entirely of
EcoShell Domes. These buildings are much taller than those we are building in
other countries. These are three stories tall and house up to six families, each.
The Domes For The EcoShell Construction Is Simple
World Foundation’s The EcoShell starts as a combination ring-beam footing and concrete slab floor
mission is to improve the reinforced with steel rebar. Vertical steel bars embedded in the outer ring later attach
lives of people worldwide to the steel reinforcing of the dome itself.
through the introduction An Airform -- fabricated to the proper shape and size -- is attached to the ring base.
and construction of Using blower fans, it is inflated and creates the shape of the structure to be completed.
Monolithic Domes and The fans run throughout construction of the dome.
EcoShells for personal A grid of vertical and horizontal rebar is placed over the exterior of the Airform. The
and public use. verticals go against the Airform and the horizontals on the outside.
We will initiate and Next, enough concrete is applied to the exterior of the Airform to embed the rebar and
coordinate efforts can be trowelled smooth.
to alleviate storage, After the concrete has set, the Airform is removed from the inside and re-used.
shelter and housing
shortcomings in The rebar, still showing on the inside, is brushed with a wire brush to remove any loose
material. Then a finish coat of concrete is applied to the inside surface.
struggling cultures and
impoverished lands.
We will seek out grants “Technology has thankfully shrunken
and donations to our world to the extent that we can
fund construction of no longer ignore the plight of our
permanent, affordable, neighbors and has given us the means
sanitary, and safe by which we can take better care of
each other. We must do that. There is
structures for those really no other option.”
who have none. We will
train local peoples in our
methods of construction -- David B. South, Inventor of the
Monolithic Dome and
and transfer our the Monolithic EcoShell Dome.
technology.
