MDI's president David South coined the term Crenosphere for this latest and biggest addition to our Monolithic Dome family. According to Webster, creno is a Greek derivative meaning indented and crenulated means having an irregular wavy or serrated outline. Spheroid, of course, refers to a sphere. I put those together and got Crenosphere Dome. The Future Wilson predicts an exciting future for domes.
Domes can definitely be the housing-answer for the masses, particularly in third world countries.
People can be taught to build their own small, thin shell domes using an Airform or a pre-cast segment. Either of these could be used repeatedly or become a permanent part of the structure. Local materials could be used that would make the domes strong and fireproof. It's better to teach people how to do for themselves than to just do for them. Wilson thinks domes may play a role in the closed communities that futurists describe as closed complexes within which people will live, work, shop and socialize.