Spray-gunnite
concrete emergency homes would be a good innovative upgrade for Texan
emergency shelters for those homeless from Harvey. With clever
federal leadership able to find a few good ideas the quick
construction of spray over rebar forms concrete housing shelters
could leave an after-the-gold rush infrastructure that serves some
other purpose. I can probably think of many uses for eventually
vacated concrete structures built to last in a variety of
configurations.
Texas
is the world leader at spray on concrete homes. Monolithic Domes of
Corsica Texas virtually invented the genre.
Rather
than building just domes and individual homes, various shapes of long
and winding tubes could be built and given temporary dividers into
housing units that could be taken out later. Quality water pipes
could be run the length of the tubes to serve dozens of housing units
as could solar powered electrical conduits share wiring.
Monoithic
domes could be a kind of 3D print unit, and the Army has recently
worked with making 3D printed buildings. They too could practice and
coordinate in Texas with Monolithic print housing experts.
Constructing
buildings that could later be used for public facilities or that
innovate new forms such as artificial mountain ranges is worth doing
since the public will need to pay for it anyway; why not get more
bang for the buck. Practice some of that Martian 3D printing of
buildings near the Texas Gulf Coast.
With
CAD/CAM and the Internet the government might be able to offer
building designs that could be selected and spray and sold to buyers
before construction, who would agree to let the building serve as an
emergency shelter for a couple of years. Buyers would find quality
buildings at a fraction of the cost of a completely new structure;
perhaps 50% off.
Ecosphere and sustainable energy consultants should be brought in to help place the emergency shelters in the best ecologically useful locations in Texas, and consult with practical sustainable energy criteria.
http://inhabitat.com/teslas-new-solar-roof-is-actually-cheaper-than-a-normal-roof/
https://www.rmi.org/ The Rocky Mountain Institute
Ecosphere and sustainable energy consultants should be brought in to help place the emergency shelters in the best ecologically useful locations in Texas, and consult with practical sustainable energy criteria.
http://inhabitat.com/teslas-new-solar-roof-is-actually-cheaper-than-a-normal-roof/
https://www.rmi.org/ The Rocky Mountain Institute
