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A view of some of the Biosphere 2 project, with the Human Habitat portion in the center of this picture.


A diagram of the Biosphere 2 project's overall design.


Part of the interior of Biosphere 2's Human Habitat.
 Biosphere 2

Oracle, Arizona
October 1988 thru October 1991

Working with Space Biosphere Ventures, Roald was the Project Architect on the Human Habitat portion of this $150 million project. Biosphere 2 is a closed life-support experiment, built to test the interaction between biological systems over a hundred-year period.

One of Roald's key accomplishments on this project was the invention of a soft fabric wall and ceiling panel. The implementation of this design reduced the cost of the project by over $500,000 relative to the cost of using gypsum wallboard.

Among Roald's other responsibilities with Biosphere 2....
  • Client contact from design through construction.
  • Coordination of 16 consultants and engineers on design, drafting, specifications, and budgets.
  • Supervision of a 3-5 person CAD team.
  • Construction management; overseeing the efficient quality execution of 12 bid sets by over 30 trades.
  • Selection, ordering and installation of furnishings and equipment.
  • Design of analytical and medical laboratories, computer and video control room, workshops, kitchen and food processing, animal husbandry area, exercise room, apartments, library and observatory, transformer and equipment rooms.



An interior view of one of the Biosphere 2 greenhouses.
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