Cob: RE: cob domes

Thu Oct 3 13:17:34 CDT 2002

Nader K.'s work is brilliiant. I'm very familiar with it. The thing is, he's
already proven that
technique of dome building. What is intrigueing to me personally is the idea
of using only materials
and techniques that would have been familiar to our ancestors thousands of
years ago to build an earthen dome 
structure that could come reasonably close to competeing with a similar
sized structure made from
wood, nails, drywall and shingles. With our current knowledge of the
primative building techniques from
around the world, I wonder could some of these earlier methods and materials
be combined to create a stronger,
more durable, possibly more elegant type of structure that technically could
have existed in the stone age. Maybe 
there is something to be dicovered there. It sounds like an exciting
challenge to me.

-Ben      
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Nader K.'s work is brilliiant. I'm very familiar with it. The thing is, he's already proven that
 technique of dome building. What is intrigueing to me personally is the idea of using only materials
 and techniques that would have been familiar to our ancestors thousands of years ago to build an earthen dome 
 structure that could come reasonably close to competeing with a similar sized structure made from
 wood, nails, drywall and shingles. With our current knowledge of the primative building techniques from
 around the world, I wonder could some of these earlier methods and materials be combined to create a stronger,
 more durable, possibly more elegant type of structure that technically could have existed in the stone age. Maybe 
 there is something to be dicovered there. It sounds like an exciting challenge to me.

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