Stephanie Chaltiel
A French architect is using a drone to create 6-foot-tall mud-covered domes for emergencies and refugee housing.
The domes are made by attaching bags of hay to a wooden frame and spraying a mixture of clay and fibers onto the structure with a drone.
Architect Stephanie Chaltiel most recently featured one of these domes at the London Design Festival in September. Chaltiel told Business Insider that her team has worked to make the domes sturdier, creating a smaller door and strengthening junctions in the wooden frame. The London dome withstood three days of heavy rain without a problem, she said.
Take a look at how the "Mud Shell" is made.