Japan’s Earthquake-Resistant Dome Houses Are Made of Styrofoam

Story Source : odditycentral

When they hear the word “Styrofoam”, most people think about disposable food containers or packaging material, but for one Japanese modular home manufacturer, it is the building material of the future. Its increasingly popular Styrofoam dome houses are highly earthquake-resistant, super cheap and quick to build, and have very high thermal insulating properties. What’s not to like?

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[JunglistBass]

If the government backed this company and made them on a large scale it would the price down significantly too, Things like this are needed for people trying to get on the property ladder, cheap affordable housing, so many people can't afford their own homes and have to rent horrible places they can never truly call home.

[WadcaWymiaru]

Japan earthquake-proof homes yay!
Tsunami: HELLO!

[duanebrown]

We need to adopt this type of construction everywhere.

[francoislama]

No mention of Fire Rating . Styrofoam is flammable and while all surfaces are coated with a cement based 'plaster' that gives it rigidity and limited fire protection, the Styrofoam material is vulnerable even if you add fire retardant chemicals to slow down the spread of fire. Also these Domes should be properly weighed down and anchored to a rather heavy slab and reinforced to resist winds as they can distort and tear off foundations in high winds.
Otherwise it is a sensible design but with limitations as mentioned .

[sweetreader_]

A very smart plan this thing makes me more love the country of Japan. Konichiwa💖

[douglasd.r.c.]

I want one I live in Alaska and that looks so cosy and nice😍😍😍

[luisc]

How would these houses hold up against hurricanes

[XenoflareBahamut]

Japanese architecture feels like it came from the future

[protonneutron]

Your thumbnail is of MONOLITHIC DOMES IN

[TerryFT]

I'm gonna connect 2 or 3 together and put it under a hill for my own hobbit home...

[everythingrandom]

When your safe from earthquake but not from typhoons.💥

[rebornmommycentralakalilni]

3:23 those domes are not located in Japan. They are actually in brenham Texas. I am about to sign a contact to live in them by this time next year.

[williamhoeweler]

Love the idea but 70k that's a big thumb's down

[toddanderson]

Durable, but not flame resistant.
Would take like 5 minutes to burn down from electrical short circuit.
Umm, no thanks.
The toxic smoke from a styrene fire would kill you before you had a chance to escape.

[php]

There are a lot of advantages of Styrofoam. It's light weight, sky high thermal insulation qualities, sound proof and can be moulded on site. It's main weaknesses is it's flammable, very toxic when it burns and no technology exists yet to recycle it. An alternative might be air entrained spray on concrete (gunite)with hemp fibers in it. It may not be as light weight as Styrofoam but it's light enough not to have sympathetic occolations with an earthquake like regular concrete and stone. Air entrained Gunite would have some thermal insulating qualities thanks to air bubble layer. Hemp fibers or it's alternative would lend reinforcement

[starstruckt]

what about breathing the fumes in that emit from the styrofoam

[alexishikula]

Where can you buy this, I don't see any links

[Cronchier]

a step further to the capsule house of dragon ball

[Ahollywoodjoevideodiaryseries]

Probably will be okay. No wind resistance it can withstand higher winds. Aerodynamics.

[blenquing]

Can this be built elevated, .so not only earthquake proof but also anti-flood house?