Space Architecture
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Space Architecture

The New Frontier for Design Research

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Space Architecture

The New Frontier for Design Research

About this book

Forty years on from the first moon landing, architecture in Space is entering a new era. Over the last decade, there has been a fundamental shift in the Space industry from short-term pioneering expeditions to long-term planning for colonisation, and new ventures such as Space tourism. Architects are now involved in designing the interiors of long-term habitable structures in Space, such as the International Space Station, researching advanced robotic fabrication technologies for building structures on the Moon and Mars, envisioning new 'space yachts' for the super-rich, and building new facilities, such as the Virgin Galactic 'Spaceport America' in New Mexico designed by Foster + Partners. Meanwhile the mystique of Space remains as alluring as ever, as high-profile designers and educators – such as Greg Lynn – are running designs studios drawing upon ever more inventive computational design techniques. This issue of AD features the most significant current projects underway and highlights key areas of research in Space, such as energy, materials, manufacture and robotics. It also looks at how this research and investment in new technologies might transfer to terrestrial design and construction.


Space architects: Constance Adams, Marc Cohen, Ondrej Doule, Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger, Scott Howe, Brent Sherwood, Madhu Thangavelu, Andreas Vogler, Robert Zubrin.

Architects: Bevk Perovic Arhitekti, Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti, Foster + Partners, Neil Leach, Greg Lynn, OFIS architects, SADAR + VUGA.

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Information

Publisher
Academy Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781118663301
eBook ISBN
9781118663295

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. EDITORIAL
  6. ABOUT THE GUEST-EDITOR
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. What Next for Human Space Flight?
  9. Planet Moon: The Future of Astronaut Activity and Settlement
  10. MoonCapital: Life on the Moon 100 Years After Apollo
  11. Architecture For Other Planets
  12. Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars
  13. Colonising the Red Planet: Humans to Mars in Our Time
  14. Terrestrial Space Architecture
  15. Space Tourism: Waiting for Ignition
  16. Alpha: From the International Style to the International Space Station
  17. Being a Space Architect: Astrotectureâ„¢ Projects for NASA
  18. Outside the Terrestrial Sphere Greg Lynn FORM: N.O.A.H. (New Outer Atmospheric Habitat) and New City
  19. Ground Control: Space Architecture as Defined by Variable Gravity
  20. Projecting Into Space: International Student Projects
  21. 3D Printing in Space
  22. Astronauts Orbiting on Their Stomachs: The Need to Design for the Consumption and Production of Food in Space
  23. Brave New Worlds: Reaching Towards a New Era of Space Architecture
  24. Terrestrial Feedback: Reflections on the Space Industry
  25. COUNTERPOINT
  26. CONTRIBUTORS
  27. EULA