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.
Contributors include: Anders Carlson, Anita Genupta, Behrokh
Khoshnevis.
Space architects: Constance Adams, Marc Cohen, Ondrej Doule,
Scott Howe, Brent Sherwood, John Spencer, Madhu Thangavelu, Andreas
Vogler.
Architects: Bevk Perovic Arhitekti, Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti,
Foster + Partners, Neil Leach, Greg Lynn, OFIS architects, SADAR +
VUGA.
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