Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => SciFi & Fantasy => Topic started by: raafif on December 02, 2021, 12:26:16 PM

Title: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: raafif on December 02, 2021, 12:26:16 PM

So you want to live on a spaceship ?

Well, it can be done … you just need an imaginative architect & a skilled builder ... & money.
Many spaceships are just realistically too big to build on Earth but there are a few that are possible & affordable.

While quite expensive, the 2001 Space Odyssey "Aries" Moon-lander is do-able within larger budgets.

The Space 1999 "Eagle" transporter would make a nice small home for a reasonable budget.  Like many short-stay tourist parks, you could even use shipping containers as a basis.

Install the utilities & foundation pads on your land as usual so your neighbours don’t suspect then build modules off-site & silently crane it in during the dark of night ….. in the morning neighbours wake up to a spaceship next door !!

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 03, 2021, 02:08:09 AM

 :smiley:

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 03, 2021, 02:09:20 AM

Continuing a theme:  https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/real-life-spaceship-houses (https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/real-life-spaceship-houses)

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 03, 2021, 02:11:56 AM

More:  https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/05/22/spaceship-house-navarre-beach-gets-galactic-makeover-available-airbnb/3752738002/ (https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/05/22/spaceship-house-navarre-beach-gets-galactic-makeover-available-airbnb/3752738002/)

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: raafif on December 04, 2021, 10:20:56 AM

My favourite old site is The VENUS PROJECT.  Many sci-fi buildings, high-rise, private homes & undersea cities.  Unfortunately most of Fresco's designs are not on the site anymore.  Fresco was an aerospace engineer as well as a cyber-sociologist & many other things -- his buildings, could all have been built with 1960s technology.  Tho his giant construction-machines, submarines, super-trains etc will only become possible perhaps after the next 50+ years.

https://www.thevenusproject.com/resource-based-economy/environment/circular-city/ (https://www.thevenusproject.com/resource-based-economy/environment/circular-city/)

Parts of the interior of the StarTrek NG Enterprise look very nice for my "future house" :-*

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 05, 2021, 01:28:45 AM

Indeed - I have his book "The Best That Money Can’t Buy"

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 05, 2021, 01:37:33 AM

In a somewhat similar vein was The Millennial Project by Marshall T. Savage:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/The_Millennial_Project_-_bookcover.jpg)

And in particular the "Aquarius" chapter with floating cities:

(https://lochief.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/dsc_0992.jpg)

CFBV

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: raafif on December 06, 2021, 05:11:23 AM

A few of Fresco's designs, some are bit too 1950s but others are still good today.

Title: Re: Buildings, houses etc
Post by: raafif on December 06, 2021, 05:17:01 AM

houses