Building Storm-Proof Homes Made Of Bone-Like Biomaterial [Video]

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On a rural property on the slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, Morgan Bierschenk and his team have been refining a durable, mineral-like material to build sturdy dome homes with a particular matte-ceramic finish. They have called their modular dome homes Geoships.

source.image: Kirsten Dirksen

Geoships are made of “bioceramic.” Used up until recently on high-end consumer electronic products, bioceramic is an organic material that, once bonded, can withstand disasters and last 500 years unscathed —and perhaps lower construction costs at a mass scale. Their goal is to build big family domes and enduring communities, Bierschenk says.

source.image: Kirsten Dirksen

To prove their point, Morgan Bierschenk and his team plan an ecovillage in which Geoships of different sizes, purposes, and finishes are clustered around walkable paths amid pristine land and access to gardening and proximity services.

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Geoships’ bioceramic structure is lightweight and sturdy, ideal for self-reinforcing geodesic domes using Bucky Fuller’s geometric …