How much resources should go in a house

I was very surprise to discover that houses which are built today are very focuses on meeting regulation but the science in the construction has been completely disregarded, we are led to believe these new homes are designed to use resources wisely. Considering there is a limited supply of resource for people to use. 

 

Above is a picture of a modern block of flats.

The reason why houses uses so much resources is so they don't get blown away by the wind, A wind blowing over 200 mph could easily knock down a house if the resources used to build them was not strong and heavier enough to sustain the force of the wind. Plus worth mentioning a huge amount of resources is needed on the ground floor just to support the weight of all the resources used on the other floors of the house.

 Diagram above shows a strong wind blowing against a typical house.





The picture above is a home built in a dome shape, because of the shape of it, the wind blows off it, so does not feel the force of the wind, so less resources can be used. As the building uses so much less resources the building has a lot less weight and this means less resources are need on the ground floor and foundations. 

Where it gets very controversial has to be the resource reduction if homes where built in a dome shape would be 90% less resources compared with the square buildings we live in today.

Below is a link about another discovery about Buckminster Fuller


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