In Hesperia, California, the late architect Nader Khalili created a housing movement for the future. Khalili prototyped his dome-shaped adobes on a commission from NASA for a lunar colony. Then he realized that these "superadobes" could take root on Earth. Studio 360's Eric Molinsky visited Cal-Earth with some friends who dream of living in giant igloos made of dirt.
→ Learn to build your own superadobe here.
(Originally aired: April 18, 2008)
Slideshow: Cal-Earth
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I Dream of Jeannie Theme
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Architect Nader Khalili created a housing movement for the future.
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Khalili prototyped his dome-shaped adobes on a commission from NASA for a lunar colony but then realized that his “superadobes” could take root on Earth.
(Cal-Earth)
The bigger eco-domes are meant to compete with the tract houses that surround Cal-Earth.
(Cal-Earth)
Inside one of the larger homes at Cal-Earth.
(Cal-Earth)
Inside one of the larger homes at Cal-Earth.
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There's a clear contrast between Cal-Earth and the master-planned community next door.
(Cal-Earth)