A housing unit includes a central mast configured to be coupled to a portion of terrain, and upper ring, a lower ring, one or more wall panels, wherein the upper ring, the lower ring, and the one or more wall panels define a living space outer boundary, a plurality of first tensile members each configured to couple the upper ring to the central mast at a first central mast region, wherein the upper ring is configured to be suspended by the plurality of first tensile members below the first central mast region, and a plurality of second tensile members each configured to couple a periphery of the lower ring to a periphery of the upper ring, wherein the lower ring is configured to be suspended by the plurality of second tensile members below the upper ring and above the portion of terrain, wherein the upper ring and the lower ring are coupled to the portion of terrain only at the central mast.