Urchin the Australian lunar village
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I spared some time to model and share my vision of the Australian Lunar Village. It would be much appreciated if share your feedback.
All (almost all) is done in Blender 3D, based on sketches and simple SketchUp models developed in Blender 3D.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7368947491309846530/
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Hi Majid! Looks liek you've just uploaded the sketches so far.
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@Rich-O-Brien Maybe the link to my linkedin page is broken. Here are some images.
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Trying to work out exactly what I am looking at but I am used to seeing certain 'norms' in design. You are definitely NOT following the crowd and that is refreshing.
Very good to see.
In reference to actually living in that hab, the seated figure operating the screen/console seems to be in a difficult spot should there be a breach of the unit, it would be difficult to evacuate. Just thoughts.
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Frenchy Pilou
Is beautiful that please without concept!
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Mi Majid, interesting what is the Australian link/
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@majid said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
I spared some time to model and share my vision of the Australian Lunar Village. It would be much appreciated if share your feedback.
All (almost all) is done in Blender 3D, based on sketches and simple SketchUp models developed in Blender 3D.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7368947491309846530/
Beautiful sketches
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I hope house prices on Mars are more affordable than here!
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@Rich-O-Brien said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
I hope house prices on Mars are more affordable than here!
What are prices like where you are (I assume Ireland) Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for March 2025 indicates a national mean dwelling price of $1,002,500!!!!!!!!!
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@L-i-am said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
What are prices like where you are (I assume Ireland)
We are in the middle of a housing crisis. Rents are astronomical, house prices are astronomical and govt stupidity is also at astronomical levels.
But lets not derail @majid thread. These structures remind me of Acorn Barnacles you see at the coast.
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Biomimicry is such a cool device for inspiration from nature
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Take it easy mates, here is the corner bar. So I also join the discussion...
When I was a child, my grandma, had a small 2-rooms simple house with a detached smoked cooking room... yet a beautiful, Well planted garden... I would wish be architect to make a decent house for her. Unfortunately she passed away when I was at university, let alone that housing soared drastically so that I myself live in a rented house, have no idea when may own one.
We do not have housing crisis but the prices have nothing to do with the income...$80k an average house and $400 a rather good monthly salary!
Inflation also is so crazy that it is really challenging to save enough to keep the same rented place...very hard to save!
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I am planning to work on affordable housing for my PhD. The side reason entering such a challenge also is the same..
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@pilou Inspiring and incredible. Thanks for sharing!
@L-i-am said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
Mi Majid, interesting what is the Australian link/
Here is the link: https://set.adelaide.edu.au/atcsr/australian-space-architecture-challenge
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@L-i-am said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
Biomimicry is such a cool device for inspiration from nature
Agreed if understood right. In many cases, it is just playing with forms (same misery with parametric architecture), nothing more, while we might be inspired by the forces that shaped those natural innovations. By "forces", I mean all chemical, mechanical, logical... forces that shape a phenomenon.
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@majid said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
@L-i-am said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
Biomimicry is such a cool device for inspiration from nature
Agreed if understood right. In many cases, it is just playing with forms, nothing more, while we might be inspired by the forces that shaped those natural innovations. By "forces", I mean all chemical, mechanical, logical... forces that shape a phenomenon.
This is a subject that holds a lot of interest for me. I find sharks beautiful not by deign but by evolution (although I don't fully endorse Darwinian theory in its entirety) the form of a shark is purely efficiency of hydrodynamics etc, etc. I also draw the analogy that I also find fighter jets beautiful almost in the extreme. There were no industrial designers or sculptors involved saying "I think if that was a little broader it would look more sleek and pretty" or "if we put the cockpit back a bit it would look more balanced. So every single part of the and the resultant jet is a beautiful at lease to me yet NO part of it was an aesthetic consideration. It was all based on pure logic based upon the skills of the design engineering and testing, even the additional considering the aircrafts radar foot print has added another function in balance with aerodynamic considerations turns out such a beautiful "sculptural" form.
Imagine when AI gets its hand on aircraft design, skies the limit
Who knows what innovation will be the form of future aircraft design will take. It may also seem organic both in form/ function...............print me an aircraft
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