About
About
Pacific Ocean Domes provides energy-efficiency, environmental friendly, strength and survivable building structures for:
- Government buildings,
- Business Offices,
- Schools and Dormitories,
- Hospital and Medical Facilities
- Residential Housing
MISSION
Our Mission is to provide safe, affordable, sustainable structures for people allowing for a higher standard of life and safety in times of natural disaster
ADVANTAGES
- A Pacific Ocean Domes structure ’s construction process saves both money and time.
- A dome’s interior can be designed for any activity or use and with virtually any theme.
- The dome’s disaster-resistance usually merits lower insurance premiums.
- Pacific Ocean Domes structures have strength that produces longevity.
- Lifespan is measured in centuries, not years. A structure that is designed and constructed to be passed down and used by generations.
- Easy maintenance complements the dome’s longevity. Lasts beautifully just with easy care.
- The Pacific Ocean Domes structure is a micro-energy user
- Minimum energy needed to maintain a comfortable interior, usually one fourth of that used by other types of structures.
- It takes less energy to heat or cool a Pacific Ocean Domes structure than it does to heat or cool a super-insulated metal building or a conventional house blanketed in an airtight wrap.
- A place that cannot be destroyed by most natural or manmade disasters.
- Providing near-absolute protection.
NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION
Pacific Ocean Domes structures are proven survivors of tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and fires.
Hurricane Katrina – A Dupont engineer, said that Hurricane Katrina did more than $100 million of damage to their facility and that this Category 5 hurricane nearly totaled their plant. Through it all, 30 of Dupont’s Hurricane Crew – professionals who assess damage as quickly as possible after a hurricane – sat secure and comfortable in their Dome.
A reporter once asked a dome home owner, why did he build a round dome building. The homeowner said he wanted it streamlined like a car. The reporter then said, “But this is a house, not a car.” The homeowner gave a simple response, “Yes - but every few years, all homes along the coast have an opportunity to go 100 miles per hour.”
Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam (2015) was the second most intense tropical cyclone of the south Pacific Ocean in terms of sustained winds and is regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Vanuatu. A total of 15–16 people lost their lives either directly or indirectly as a result of Pam with many others injured. The cyclone crippled Vanuatu's infrastructure: an estimated 90 percent of the nation's buildings were impacted by the storm's effects.
GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL
Pacific Ocean Domes structure s are green buildings – they are considered among the greenest of today’s building alternatives
SCHOOLS
In 2017 Vanuatu announced plans to roll out free education up to year 10, and that starting in 2018 there would be free early education as well as secondary education for students from year seven to year 10.
The Pacific Ocean Domes structures offer the opportunity for an open campus design that maintains traditional island themed structures, but provide a clean, standardized and modern open-air classroom complex that provides a safe and secure shelter in times of natural emergencies.
UNIQUE DESIGN
Pacific Ocean Domes incorporates a unique Building Design using basalt reinforcement bars to prevent rust and concrete cancer
We recognize the knowledge of the the Ni-Vanuatu ancestors, who built structures designed to endure the extremes that nature can present at any time. We have incorporated some of their wise traditional Nakamal designs into our domes.
For more information regarding Nakamal and Farea see:
"...Nakamals play a significant role in the maintenance of kastom in Vanuatu, as well as having an important functional role in Disaster Risk Reduction in rural areas..."
Vanuatu’s traditional architecture makes a community more resilient in the face of climate change-related disasters