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Hope Waters Dome for JamaicaThe Hope Waters Dome project is designed to build resilience in Jamaica, a water-locked nation with major food security issues.1
Hope Waters Floating Farm DomeJamaica's agriculture sector suffers from many woes, including natural disasters that caused $14.4 billion in losses between 1994 and 2010, according to Dinesh Ram, the designer of this innovative floating bamboo dome concept. An noteworthy entrant in Inhabitat's recent Biodesign Competition, the Hope Waters Dome is designed to combat the twin dangers of rising sea levels and food scarcity in the water locked nation, and it could be built using locally-available materials such as bamboo and plastic....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/floating-bamboo-domes-in-jamaica-could-provide-250-sqm-of-growing-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
Hope Waters Dome, Interior rendering by Dinesh RamJamaica's agriculture sector suffers from many woes, including natural disasters that caused $14.4 billion in losses between 1994 and 2010, according to Dinesh Ram, the designer of this innovative floating bamboo dome concept. An noteworthy entrant in Inhabitat's recent Biodesign Competition, the Hope Waters Dome is designed to combat the twin dangers of rising sea levels and food scarcity in the water locked nation, and it could be built using locally-available materials such as bamboo and plastic....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/floating-bamboo-domes-in-jamaica-could-provide-250-sqm-of-growing-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
Hope Waters Dome, Section DrawingJamaica's agriculture sector suffers from many woes, including natural disasters that caused $14.4 billion in losses between 1994 and 2010, according to Dinesh Ram, the designer of this innovative floating bamboo dome concept. An noteworthy entrant in Inhabitat's recent Biodesign Competition, the Hope Waters Dome is designed to combat the twin dangers of rising sea levels and food scarcity in the water locked nation, and it could be built using locally-available materials such as bamboo and plastic....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/floating-bamboo-domes-in-jamaica-could-provide-250-sqm-of-growing-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
Hope Waters Dome for JamaicaThe bamboo frame rests on a platform of recycled plastic material.5
Hope Waters Dome for JamaicaThe dome would provide 250 square meters of growing space that is safe from rising seas.6
Hope Waters Dome for JamaicaThe floating dome would also act as a modular meeting space.7
Hope Waters Dome, Rendering by Dinesh RamJamaica's agriculture sector suffers from many woes, including natural disasters that caused $14.4 billion in losses between 1994 and 2010, according to Dinesh Ram, the designer of this innovative floating bamboo dome concept. An noteworthy entrant in Inhabitat's recent Biodesign Competition, the Hope Waters Dome is designed to combat the twin dangers of rising sea levels and food scarcity in the water locked nation, and it could be built using locally-available materials such as bamboo and plastic....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/floating-bamboo-domes-in-jamaica-could-provide-250-sqm-of-growing-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>8
