[TheForge] Speaking of shops...

[Andrew Vida]

Anyone familiar in practical terms with those buildings whose 
construction is one of a series of modular arches made of scrunched up 
metal?  I don't know whether they are aluminum or stainless, though I 
doubt they are the latter.

Anyhow, I was wondering whether such a building would be strong enough 
to serve as a form for poured concrete construction.  Put up the 
building and, say, spray gunite all over it to perhaps a 12" depth, 
perhaps even with a rebar mesh halfway in.

I am inclined to think it would not be strong enough to hold up the wet 
concrete, but I don't really know.  Any ideas?  It would make for one 
hell of a strong building.  Spray insulation onto the inner surfaces and 
  it would be pretty much nicer in the cold weather.  I could even 
envision an earth sheltering scheme for such construction.