We dream to go to Mars. To do that we need very lightweight housing, be it inflatable, used rocket cylinders or our shell-shaped structure.
We're currently planning a private-public venture to help get people acquainted with the concept. We're just trying to get all our ideas together.
You are just not bound by fixed walls. So in principle it's an open area where you can make yourself happy.
We are now working toward a more economically feasible design, not round, but stretched in length. It's an evolving process for our dreams to go Mars and have a nice habitat there, and not just repeat what cavemen have done.
We initially started with earthquakes, ... One of the critical points is that the lower floor plus the legs form a rigid structure with the outer shell.
The old, buried station was just a simple structure in terms of construction, a steel tube with no windows. You may wonder what people would see outside in the Antarctic but, although it's bare and naked, looking outside can be comforting.