SAFE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN DEVELOPING NATIONS

REBUILD BETTER AFTER A DESASTER, 3 systems presented here!
The EcoShell 1 is an affordable, super-strong structure that can withstand hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fire, termites and rot. If you are going into an area, where cement is not available see the Earth Bag option at the bottom of the page or if your primary building material is Rubble Stone be sure to check out gabion bands.

A few good workers can build a 20-foot EcoShell in less than a week. For a 6-meter dome, you need approximately 50 bags of cement, 2500’ roll of basalt reinforcing, about 5 cubic meters of small size concrete aggregate, an Airform with tie down angles, a small inflator fan and a few workers primarily with hand tools. I would also take a patch kit for the Airform just in case it is damaged.

If you are planning a mission’s trip, you will find the following thesis helpful. Go to the web page below and click on view the manual here.

Lora Garrison, daughter of Don Garrison, Monolithic’s Manager of Airform Production, recently completed her Master’s Thesis. Lora has been working toward a MA degree in Arts in Community Leadership at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her 40-page thesis, DFTW International Volunteer: Training Manual includes DFTW’s goals, values and management; the construction and use ofEcoShells; and virtually everything related to visiting, evaluating, and improving the lives of people living in poverty.

The address below will take you to a link page that has information on three types of building systems depending on what type of material that is available in the area plus good information on group planning for missions or disaster reconstruction. There are videos at the safe-homes web site below on all three building systems.

http://safe-homes.weebly.com/

In this video David South describes the simple construction of a Monolithic Ecoshells.