Dome Houses in Sri Lanka

The dome shaped houses in Pottuvil built as a settlement for the tsunami affected is proving to be a solution to the hot and dry climate in Ampara while promising to be tsunami resistant.

The story of these dome shaped housed village started way before the tsunami when the 280 families of Inspector Eatham were forced to leave their homes 1990 due to the war and scarcity of water. They were resettled in Komarai, where they faced the 2004 December tsunami, which forced to leave their adopted homes in search of shelter with relatives and friends.

These strange shaped dwelling celebrated for their versatility and the simplicity of the building process that requires minimum skilled labor and  building materials were built  following the destruction of nearly  12,000 houses by 2004 tsunami, which savaged the Eastern province of Sri Lanka as a solution to the challenging  situation of the members of Inspector Eatham community.

What is Specialty of Dome Houses?                 

The dome houses introduced to the country by Solid House Foundation were constructed with reusable pneumatic formwork, which was produced by Bing Fo in the Netherlands and was transported to the location while other materials had been purchased locally. Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks were introduced for additional straight walls which separated the inside compartments.

The houses includes a living area, two bed rooms, a kitchen and an adjoining bathroom while a rain water harvesting tank for each house was introduced to reduce scarcity of water.

The houses dome shaped with a central tunnel and a sky window leaves the inside of the house cool while the dome shaped house is believed to have more resistance towards future natural disasters.

What You Can Do Here?

If you visit in Ampara, You must visit to Dome houses. Dome houses are one of the main tourist’s attractions in Ampara District. This is wonderful experience and lots of thing to do here.

Visit Ruins

Here you can see the ruins of the tsunami affected areas and see for yourself how much tsunami disaster has caused.

Sightseeing 

Furthermore you can visit sightseeing in dome houses inside, surroundings in dome houses.

Reserch      

You can research of dome house here. How to build dome house, history about dome house, who build these,how to live in dome house etc. And important thing is, it is possible to study the lifestyle of the people living in Dome houses.

Can we stay in Dome houses?

Yes, you can stay and enjoying here. There are lots of dome houses (arranged as rooms) for rent on reasonable price.