Futuristic Dome Habitats Today

If you’ve gone up I-35 between Austin and Dallas, you’ve probably seen the giant concrete dome caterpillar at the same exit that has the concrete dome starship-shaped gift shop.
dome caterpillar I-35

I looked it up. It’s a group called Monolithic that makes buildings by schmearing concrete over giant balloons.

As you might imagine, their website claims that their particular method of construction not only makes boob-shaped buildings, but solves all of our problems with the environment. One of their products is a “grow-dome.” They allege that there is nothing quite as efficient and good for the earth as growing crops with a layer of concrete between the plants and the sun. Normally indoor crops are only efficient at keeping the cops from noticing.

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