Dec 20, 2011 – What do these super-strong, disaster-proof buildings have in common? ... other building you've ever seen, a white, almost shell-like concrete structure ... are really only two options to save your home: raise it, or allow it to float.
Oct 3, 2011 – Concrete shell encloses your living space disaster proove. ... Our houses and buildings having no basement provide superior safety during earthquakes, ... Also see disaster proof house: video lens habitat floating and testing.
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Floating Homes. ... The Dutch have realized that building higher dikes to keep out the sea is no longer the solution. .... positive concrete, concrete pontoons, concrete and foam, wood and foam, polyethylene shell with solid core polystyrene block .... And it keeps the depression away, one gets, when floods & disasters arrive.
Nov 19, 2005 – In Holland they build houses that will float. They are anchored by a pole that is ... It is built on a concrete float instead of a concrete footing. ..... The thin shell dome is the most earthquake resistant structure available. It does not ...
The basement-less concrete elliptical shells are mainly designed for private houses and disaster-proof hotel towns. ... The concrete shells in the shape of toruses (Bagel Buildings) provide the same safety like the elliptical ones (Lentil Houses) but ... and cafes, either standing on the ground or floating on the river or sea side.