Xavier De Kestelier: Adventures of an interplanetary architect
Xavier e Kestelier: Eventyrene til en interplanetarisk arkitekt
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to an exhibition on space,
til en utstilling om verdensrommet,
I think it was 1988,
between the Americans and the Russians
mellom amerikanerne og russerne
deler til den utstillingen.
they brought a Mir space station.
seg en Mir romstasjon.
and check it all out.
where the wires were,
hvor ledningene var,
where they were working.
og der de jobbet.
I started drawing spaceships.
begynne å tegne romskip.
science fiction spaceships, no.
fiction romskip, nei.
would be made out of,
det ville være lagt av,
where the screws were.
hvor skruene var.
become a space engineer,
ikke en romingeniør,
that I've been involved with
jeg har vært involvert i
quite different shapes,
forskjellige, ganske forskjellige former
for different environments.
for forskjellige miljø.
becomes really interesting
veldig interessant
have been all over the world.
vært over hele verden.
this map wasn't good enough.
dette kartet godt nok lengre.
a project on the Moon
et prosjekt på månen
designe et månehabitat,
at a habitation on Mars.
på et habitat på Mars.
the precedents that are there.
på stiltypene som allerede er der.
it's kind of difficult, of course,
selvfølgelig vanskeligere
I wasn't even born yet,
var jeg ikke født engang,
a long camping trip, isn't it,
lang campingtur, ikke sant,
on another planet or a moon,
annen planet eller en måne,
how to get it there.
to the Moon's surface,
f. eks. til månens overflate,
Volumet er begrenset, ikke sant?
by seven meters, not that much.
ganger sju meter, ikke så mye det.
or compactable, and light,
mulighet til å komprimeres, og lett,
to a very harsh environment like the Moon.
veldig tøft miljø som månen.
it could be 100 degrees Celsius
kan det være 100 grader Celsius
it could be minus 100 degrees.
det være minus 100 grader.
any magnetic fields,
noe magnetisk felt,
solar radiation, cosmic radiation --
soltråling, kosmisk stråling
from that as well,
will not get burned up,
inn i den vil ikke brenne opp,
the astronauts from that.
astronautene mot det.
and we need mass.
og vi trenger masse.
ourselves from the temperatures,
oss fra temperaturene
as you can see.
som dere kan se.
and a lot of lab space,
og mye rom til laboratorie,
the support structures in,
that domed structure,
den hvelvede strukturen,
to get this material from?
from Earth to the Moon?
fra Jorden til månen?
because it's way too heavy.
fordi det er alt for tungt.
and use local materials.
we deal with on Earth as well.
bruker her på Jorden også.
or whatever country we build in,
hvilket land vi bygger i,
what are the local materials here?
materialer som finnes her.
what are the local materials?
Hvilke lokale materialer finnes der?
regolith, Moon regolith.
regolitt, måneregolitt.
er overalt, ikke sant?
up to a few meters everywhere.
meter dypt over alt.
what a 3D printer is,
probably something about this size
er rundt på denne størrelsen
that are about this size.
omtrent på denne størrelsen.
a massive 3D printer to the Moon
meg en massiv 3D skriver til månen
something like this one here.
apparat, noe sånt som denne her.
a small robot rover,
en liten robot rover
a thin layer of regolith,
et tynt lag av regolitt
the robot that will solidify it,
som vil gjøre det fast
structure that we're printing,
struktur som vi printer
is a closed-cell foam structure.
lukket celle-skumstruktur
to solidify certain parts,
å gjøre enkelte deler faste
less binder from Earth,
så mye bindemiddel fra Jorden
with a protective dome
en beskyttende kuppel
printing these dome structures.
disse kuppel-strukturene.
between Mars and the Moon,
mellom Mars og månen
and the real distance,
og den reelle avstanden,
Curiosity, looking back at Earth.
Curiosity, seende tilbake på Jorden.
that's Earth, 400 million kilometers away.
det er Jorden, 400 millioner km borte.
of the Earth to the Moon, pretty far away,
fra Jorden til månen, ganske langt unna,
with, for example, the Curiosity rover.
med, f.eks., roveren Curiosity.
"Å, Mars-rover, gå til venstre,"
would take 20 minutes to get to Mars.
på å komme til Mars.
before it can tell me,
før den kan fortelle meg:
er veldig risikable.
doesn't arrive at Mars.
ikke kommer seg til Mars.
just one or two rovers
bare en eller to rovere
a termite's mound, you know?
ikke sant?
of the colony of the termites away,
av termittene bort.
to build the mound.
or robots don't arrive,
robotene våre ikke kommer frem
but you will still be able to do it.
det kan likevel gjennomføres.
three different rovers.
tre forskjellige rovere.
and bringing it to the structure.
og frakte den til strukturen.
the little ones with the little legs,
and sit on a layer of regolith
seg på et lag med regolitt
create that dome structure.
den kuppel-strukturen.
It's a small swarm.
Det er en liten sverm.
to move sand around,
or giving them a predescribed path.
eller gir dem en forhåndsdefinert vei.
til det området.
an obstacle, like a rock,
hinder, som en stein,
til å ta beslutninger.
their batteries died,
eller batteriene deres døde,
to finish that task.
stand til avslutte den oppgaven.
we decided to do three domes,
vi å lage tre kupler,
each of the domes
fordi hver av kuplene
built in the floor,
innebygd i gulvet
uavhengig av hverandre.
well, this is pretty crazy.
vel, det er ganske sykt.
get involved in space?
involvere deg i verdensrommet?
or a design view,
eller design perspektiv,
and really constrained problems.
og veldig begrensede problemer.
a place for design and architecture
sted for design og arkitektur
interplanetary habitation.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Xavier De Kestelier - Architect, technologistXavier De Kestelier is an architect and technologist with a passion for human space exploration.
Why you should listen
Xavier De Kestelier is interested in designing long-term space habitats and believes that architects have a crucial role to play in the design of any future settlements on Mars or the moon. He has worked on research projects with both ESA and NASA and is interested to see how 3D printed structures could protect astronauts from solar radiation, meteorites and extreme temperatures.
He was previously co-Head of Foster + Partners' Specialist Modelling Group (SMG), the architecture practice’s multi-disciplinary research and development group.
Over the years De Kestelier has been a Visiting Professor at Ghent University, Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University and a Teaching Fellow at The Bartlett School of Architecture. Since 2010, he has been one of the directors of Smartgeometry, a non-profit educational organisation for computational design and digital fabrication.
Based in London, De Kestelier is currently principal and executive board member at international design practice HASSELL where he leads the global efforts in design technology and digital innovation.
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