ABIBOO STUDIO DESIGNS LUXURY DOOMSDAY BUNKER BY IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS FROM SPACE ARCHITECTURE
DBX is an underground bunker created as a shelter for catastrophic events and guarantees its inhabitants' survival for at least one year. This luxury bunker designed by ABIBOO Studio, takes advantage of the firm's experience in construction for extreme environments recently put into practice in the Martian city of Nüwa.
To ensure survival in adverse conditions during long periods, ABIBOO has designed this emergency shelter based on its experience in construction for extreme environments. Based in New York and Miami, the firm has created a city on Mars, together with SONet, a group of renowned global scientists.
The founder of ABIBOO Studio, the award-winning Spanish architect Alfredo Muñoz, is on the exclusive list of Space Architects. As a member of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and an International member of the AIA (American Institute of Architects), Muñoz has worked on significant projects in locations where architecture has to adapt to very hostile environments. In the case of the project DBX, the firm combines its expertise in space architecture with a decade of building ultra ultra-luxury single-family homes for celebrities and high-net-worth individuals. In fact, not only does DBX function as a survival shelter in case of an apocalypse, but it is also planned as a completely self-sufficient second home.
The relationship with nature, both inside the house and in its large plot, allows enjoying both short stays and continuous period longer stays in case of emergency or a long-term lockdown.
This doomsday bunker will be built in South Carolina, USA, but the exact location is not available due to the client's request, who is a self-confessed "prepper" that wants to be ready for a potential calamity. The shelter can accommodate up to two family groups and a maximum of ten people. It occupies 12,000 square feet and is accessed through a lifting military-grade door camouflaged on a green green-covered hill. The entrance is built with reinforced materials and has an opening system with a personal remote key.
Semi-prefabricated steel solutions, seismic joints, and absorbent materials are the main components of the construction structure. This composition mitigates the consequences of potential climatic, chemical, biological, or even nuclear calamities. Despite its strength and robust construction, the shelter transmits warmth, comfort, relaxation, and luxury, thanks to the interior design and distribution of the spaces.
Nature and Life-support systems
The bunker is conceived in modular spaces surrounding a hydroponic garden, which acts like an underground greenhouse. This space solves one of the main challenges of the project, which is food production.
The hydroponic solution increases efficiency and reduces maintenance. This system requires less water and space compared to soil-based techniques, and it avoids the use of pesticides. A total of 1,200 square feet of floor area is dedicated to crops, illuminated 24 hours a day with violet LEDs, the most effective for cultivation without exposure to the sun. Without sunlight, this greenhouse system is similar to the solution developed by ABIBOO at Nüwa, on Mars, built inside a cliff to protect from radiation.
DBX doomsday shelter also accommodates space for food supply with cold storage for food and seeds and a storage vault with a capacity for 150 cubic meters of freeze-dried packaged food. Electricity is generated by redundant systems, including a generator connected to a fuel reserve. DBX shelter also has energy support through geothermal and biomass accumulators. The generator charges 30 lithium batteries and provides electricity from 12 to 120 volts throughout the bunker. The heating and cooling air system are solved by geothermal energy.
The water is extracted from the subsoil and passes through a filtration system and ultraviolet light that kills bacteria. The water intended for consumption is stored frozen.
Physical security and Emotional comfort
The construction of this bunker comprises elongated metal vaults, also called "continuous barrel vaults", and are ideal for distributing the load. They are reinforced by inverted beams, which provide additional stability in case of the impact of bombs. A network of ventilation ducts with an NBC and ULPA filtration system is hidden in each vault's false ceiling. The filters extract the carbon dioxide inside and, replace the stale air, and remove even nuclear dust particles.
An additional decontamination system for air purification is located at the airtight cabin at the bunker's entrance. This room prevents the entry of pollutants into the main home space. An air shower and a wet shower with sterilizers act as a sanitary barrier. This technical solution is similar to the one used in virological research centers and minimizes the risk of contamination inside the house, either because of a pandemic or a chemical hazard.
The luxury shelter's main activities happen around the greenhouse garden and include recreational areas and private rooms. The bedrooms are spacious, with integrated closets and an aesthetic characteristic of other high-end housing interiors developed by ABIBOO Studio in Europe, the United States, and Asia. All rooms have an en-suite bathroom with custom-made furniture, marble finishes, and showers with built-in saunas.
The living room and the movie and game room share a privileged location in front of the cultivated garden to which they are connected through an extensive window. Physical activity happens in two specific rooms. The gym includes training machines to work all the body's musculature, which is vital for maintaining health in a lockdown. In the adjoining room, there is a small swimming pool of 12 by 32 feet.
Additionally, this safety bunker's services include a kitchen, a bar attached to the cinema room, a laundry room, an office, and a small surgery room with supplies of medicine and equipment if minor surgeries are required. The garage, located before the bunker's actual access, occupies an intermediate floor near the entrance but partially underground. It can accommodate up to two large vehicles and two smaller ones. It has reserve tanks with gasoline and their respective pumps, and it also includes chargers for hybrid or electric cars. This intermediate floor also consists of a small shooting range intended for selfdefense practice and a repair room for automotive repair or bunker support elements.
