Space architecture : the new frontier for design research / guest-edited by Neil Leach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leach, Neil, editor.

Series:

Architectural design (London, England : 1971) ; no. 232.

Architectural design, 0003-8504 ; November/December 2014, profile no. 232

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space (Architecture).

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

EDITORIAL

ABOUT THE GUEST-EDITOR

INTRODUCTION

Space Architecture: The New Frontier for Design Research

What Next for Human Space Flight?

Planet Moon: The Future of Astronaut Activity and Settlement

MoonCapital: Life on the Moon 100 Years After Apollo

Architecture For Other Planets

Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars

Colonising the Red Planet: Humans to Mars in Our Time

Terrestrial Space Architecture

Space Tourism: Waiting for Ignition

Alpha: From the International Style to the International Space Station

Being a Space Architect: Astrotecture™ Projects for NASA

Outside the Terrestrial Sphere Greg Lynn FORM: N.O.A.H. (New Outer Atmospheric Habitat) and New City

Ground Control: Space Architecture as Defined by Variable Gravity

Projecting Into Space: International Student Projects

3D Printing in Space

Astronauts Orbiting on Their Stomachs: The Need to Design for the Consumption and Production of Food in Space

Brave New Worlds: Reaching Towards a New Era of Space Architecture

Terrestrial Feedback: Reflections on the Space Industry

COUNTERPOINT

Space is an Ecology for Living In

CONTRIBUTORS

EULA.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781118663295

1118663292

OCLC:

897115857