There's a Moon Out Tonight

sarahb:

unnecessarywizard:

kellettezneked:

“Russian architect, Alexander Remizov, is the mastermind behind the project, he believes that his floating “slinky,” which can hold up to 10,000 people can have multiple uses, including a safe house for disaster relief. The prototype’s main materials are timber, steel ,and high-strength ETFE plastic and it is built to handle land and/or water.”

I usually rail on fanciful architect schemes, but this looks awesome.  Firstly, it’ll actually float and be stable (heat storing water ballast!) but also, if you can wire it right, on top of potential water source thermal heating and cooling and extensive PV will be evapotranspirative cooling.

It looks like a well thought-through nugget of future.

1. This is amazing.
2. I can’t even imagine having a brain that works this way.
3. I’m so glad other people have brains that work this way.