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News • News • 1 Oct 2020
BIG teams up with 3D printing company ICON to develop space-based construction system
BIG in collaboration with ICON and SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture) will work with NASA to begin research and development of a space-based construction system that can support extra-terrestrial habitation.
NASA’s Artemis program has allocated the Moon as the first off-Earth site for sustainable surface exploration. BIG and ICON will begin designing a sustainable lunar habitat, named Project Olympus. The robust structures need to provide better thermal, radiation, and micrometeorite protection than metal or inflatable habitats can offer. The team is driven by the need to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.
"To explain the power of architecture, "formgiving" is the Danish word for design, which literally means to g... More
Project • By Elenberg Fraser • Masterplans
Aurora
Aurora Melbourne Central is a new metropolis, an integrated mixed use precinct with an alluring and seductive yet technologically advanced form. The proposed building has a rich fusion of Malay culture and Melbourne eccentricity, reflecting Melbourne’s position as a primary international south East Asian city. In this way we can create a metropolis that doesn’t have to be hard and gritty but rather has an organic softness.The hybrid form and plan of the tower is drawn from the hibiscus flower, a species constantly reproduced in Malaysia to create new, exciting colours and textures. In plan, the petals radiate out to the corners of the site, and the sculptural façade is three-dimensional, its textures merging into one anot... More
Project • By Johannes Torpe Studios • Nightclubs
NASA NIGHTCLUB - ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN
The private members club NASA was designed as a futuristic ode to Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It is kept in a strictly white colour scheme, with consistently soft, organic shapes. Every detail was designed especially for this club, from the ashtrays to the doors.DESIGN CONCEPTNASA is a futuristic space that is very much inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s “A Space Odyssey”. The interior is kept strictly in white with outer space flowing elements and consistently soft, curved and inviting shapes, creating an atmosphere of exclusivity. All the details were designed especially for this club, from the ashtrays to the doors. The whole project was heavily inspired by the space age and the name came naturally from being an acronym of... More