People are starting for looking unconventional resources as potential building materials. The company Japan Dome House Co., Ltd. has created an “easy to assemble” modular home building kit that uses Styrofoam as a basic material. It creates an igloo-shaped home.
Made of 100% expanded polystyrene foam, the Dome House can be called the habitat for the 21st century thanks to its numerous advantages.
The Dome House is rot-proof, water-proof and termite-proof, thermal insulated and also resistant to earthquakes and typhoons.
What is more interesting is that is possible to construct larger, elongated domes by adding more pieces to be connected into a single structure.
The prefabricated segments weigh in at about 80 kilograms each and can be carried and assembled by 2 - 3 people in just a few hours .
The basic Dome House measures 7.7 meters wide and 3.85 meters tall and has a floor space of 44.2 square meters.
Dome Houses are approved by Japan’s Land and Transport Ministry and the price starts at around 3 million yen (under $30,000), which does not include the cost of transport, assembly, etc.
The Aso Farm Land resort village in Kyushu uses about 480 styrofoam domes as lodging, recreational facilities and retail shops.
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