'There’s no wood, there’s no metal, there’s no concrete, there’s no petrochemicals. The frame is ceramic, the exterior is ceramic, and the interior is ceramic, and it’s filled with a healthy insulation material that could be wool or a cellular ceramic.”
It starts with the material, which Geoship has spent years perfecting.
The chemically-bonded ceramic the company is using, he says, is a new family of materials that is related to geopolymers. It’s like a ceramic in that it’s highly crystalline, but like a cement in that it’s water-activated. The thick walls are highly insulating, don’t burn, don’t rust, and don’t rot.The dome shape isn’t just for the cool factor. It’s an important component of energy efficiency and manufacturability.
“The reason we’re doing this, in the first place, has a lot to do with village building, right?” he says. “There’s so many of us out there today, myself included, that have been kind of looking for your village ... looking for your tribe of people that you want to build community with and really connect with the land and have a place where your kids have many aunts and uncles around, and a village to kind of welcome them home for many generations into the future.
The process should be basically similar to assembling a piece of IKEA furniture: pre-made parts that can only fit together one way.
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