Geoships, Made of Bioceramic Material, Are Extremely Durable

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. 

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. 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. 

Geoships’ bioceramic structure is lightweight and sturdy, ideal for self-reinforcing geodesic domes using Bucky Fuller’s geometric principles, and adds a few advantages: the material is fireproof. The material’s strength and the homes’ shape would allow Geoships to endure hurricanes and other extreme weather events, resisting also insects and mold. In the event of floods, bioceramic absorbs little water due to the dome shape and the way panels chemically bond together. 

The startup estimates that their domes built today will last 500 years; the homes can also be disassembled and rebuilt elsewhere if needed, guaranteeing a climate-proof resilience that could be advantageous in the coming decades. 

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3 thoughts on “Geoships, Made of Bioceramic Material, Are Extremely Durable”

  1. Has the GeoRock Ceramic material which has been made by Geoship been used anywhere else on buildings. If not, why not ? Surely if it is as good as they claim it would have been used before. The panels are made from the material and then the multitude of panels are sealed together with it. !!
    I personally don’t know of any solid material which is used for sealing all of the joints that won’t crack through expansion and contraction.
    Are we only taking Geoships word for it as they continually take millions of dollars for deposits.

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  2. The style isn’t a new innovation, as geodesic domes have been around for more than 60 years. However, the material these domes are made of is innovative.

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    • So they say. I hope that the material it is as good as they have advertised otherwise a lot of people are going to have a LOT of leaks!

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