Design & Pricing
Modular Design &
Unique Technologies
Our systems are modular and have been designed to adapt to your needs; There is an endless range of possible variations in design that can be formulated to fit almost any project.
Our WORTHYdomes are a unique combination of old and new technologies and sustainable construction methods: Earth berm construction, green roofs and walls, passive solar design, and prefabricated composite shells. In this beautiful synthesis we solve the problems usually associated with earth construction like high labor costs and intensive craftsmanship, as well as the problems with prefabricated…
BUNGALOWS
$51,990.00
880 square feet (82 sq M)
Oasis WorthyDome
Over 300 million people live in the worlds deserts and semi-deserts, where a vegetated system like the Ecosphere can be difficult to build and expensive to maintain. At the same time buildings in these dry climates with extremes of heat and cold benefit greatly from the principles of earth-sheltering. For these reasons we have developed Oasis™, designed for deserts and arid regions. Desert sand, one of the planets most abundant materials, is generally considered useless for building because its grains are rounded like tiny marbles, instead of angular as in beach or river sand. However, stabilized and in combination with WORTHYdomes extremely strong composite shells, it becomes an ideal sheltering material.
What is Included?
Price includes all panels; Specialized fasteners for panel to panel and panel to concrete slab are not included. Transportation cost varies greatly depending on destination – to be estimated at the time of purchase, based on current market conditions, after the first deposit. After the first deposit is paid through this web page, or at your choice by our sales / technical team will work and guide you from ordering through fabrication, transportation, delivery, installation, and will provide the know how for finishing your house. Duty, sales or other local or national applicable taxes and fees are not included.
The DEPOSIT represents the cost of initial settings, customer registration, the preliminary design of your ideal property, writing a specific final agreement that will stand for fabrication of panels, establishing transportation details, assessing and assisting to construction details. This deposit is not lost, it will be deducted from the final payment required. Once the deposit is received, we’ll start the detail design to prepare for the actual ordering, fabrication and delivery.
WORTHYdomes Project Form
Our systems are modular and have been designed to adapt to your needs; There is an endless range of possible variations in design that can be formulated to fit almost any project. Because of the intimate contact of our buildings with the surrounding terrain, climate and topography, every home or other type of construction can be a unique design, taking into account all variables and conditions to create the perfect design… we also have a growing number of prototypes you can use as is, all of which have started out as individual designs for clients.
Here are eight simple steps to a successful project:
Step 1
Step 2
We will let you know how to order your design from us, for a nominal cost of about $1 U.S. Dollar per square foot, with a minimum design order of $500. (This cost will be fully discountable from the cost of your final order). At this point we will need as much information as you can give us about your building site, including site plans, topographical surveys if available, photos, and sketches of your ideas, in order to produce the best possible manufacturing design for your needs.
Step 3
We will send you your completed manufacturing design package within 10 days. This package will contain your fabrication plans including floor plans, sections, facades, and 3d views, as well as standard construction details. Once fabrication design is completed, we can provide a final pricing to fabricate the panels required for your dream house. Pricing is dependent on many variables like size, number and type of windows or doors, size and number of penetrations, etc. etc. We will also include pricing information for your specific design.
Step 4
At this point, if you are satisfied with the overall general design arrangement, you can place the fabrication order; we will fabricate and deliver / ship the panels at the location you indicate.
Step 5
Local design and planning must be coordinated with our manufacturing to insure proper permitting / foundation / utilities / finishing’s are addressed properly.
Step 6
Once the panels arrive at site, assuming the concrete slab is already in place, the Biotech Dome structure is installed.
Step 7
Interior and exterior finishing, utilities are installed per local design drawings.
Step 8
Completion – ready to move in!
FAQs
Our main components are the structural modular panels that form the shell of the house. We manufacture these panels and control the final shape of the dome through the initial design where we incorporate your needs and wants.
Panels for biotech domes use high-tech materials like those used in the aero-space industry. They provide special qualities to the house and they are exceptionally durable. While they are not cheap to produce, they are affordable – the overall cost of a dome is half the cost of a traditional structure.
In most places, A biotech dome must meet almost all legal requirements of a traditional house: human residency safety, quality of life, proper local engineering and design to meet local codes, local permitting, quality construction per today’s standards and quality finishing.
Check out the Design & Pricing page of our website – there are a variety of shapes and sizes that you can choose from, see which one comes close to your needs. Keep in mind that starting from a prototype you can modify – extend or reduce rooms, move doors or windows, change type of doors or windows, etc. We will work with you and your architect to come up to your desired floor plan and facades. This process is called preliminary design and its purpose is to set the definition of your house and to allow us to fabricate the biotech panels properly. This cooperative work will end up with a set of Fabrication and Assembly Drawings. This process involves our design department – they will create the drawings that can be used further to create the local design.
As far as it is inside a community, it must follow the community rules. Remote isolated areas likely do not need permits. Specific municipalities will have specific requirements. We can help with placing your chosen prototype or modified prototype on a site plan of your land plot to start your permit application process.
There are many variables for timing: the work load our factory is facing at the time of ordering, the size of the order, and the time required to fabricate. Once an order is placed, a house can be fabricated usually in 3 to 8 weeks depending on the size of the house. Then it is prepared for shipping to the location indicated by the client.
While it is not always legally required, we suggest you do because of the uniqueness of the project. It is better to have an enthusiast professional deal with the many specific and challenging activities required to coordinate the building of a biotech dome.
Contractor(s) might be needed to fulfill all or part of the construction activities.
Yes! The beauty of our building system resides in the perfect integration and adaptability in a natural environment, the more away from a city the better. Self-sustainable energy and bio systems can be designed to allow an independent living off-grid.
We offer 10 year defect free material warranty.
There are three steps to order and deliver WORTHY panels:
1. Order Fabrication and Assembly Drawings – To order WORTHY panels, you must set on a defined prototype or modified prototype. We will do the design with you to meet your floor plan and facades requirements. There is a non-refundable cost of about $1.00 per square foot of your dome to complete the Fabrication and Assembly Drawings. You can pay this online on this website, if you go for a prototype. Otherwise we’ll guide you through the process.
Note that this cost will be considered as payment for panels when the fabrication process is complete so that the design is free.
2. Order the panels as per Fabrication and Assembly Drawings – a 50% of the cost of panels deposit is required.
3. The other 50% of the cost of panels minus the cost of initial design (already paid) is required when fabrication is complete. Payment in full must be received prior to shipping
In most cases we offer to make all the shipping arrangements for the client, for free, with a power of attorney.
The WORTHYdome system is designed for efficient shipping in containers. We can fit up to 2000 square feet of floor space in 40 ‘ containers depending on the specific design. Final transportation details will be provided at the time the order is in progress.