Xavier De Kestelier: Adventures of an interplanetary architect
חאווייר דה קסטלייר: הרפתקאות האדריכל הפלנטרי
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to an exhibition on space,
I think it was 1988,
between the Americans and the Russians
they brought a Mir space station.
הם הביאו תחנת חלל "מיר".
and check it all out.
ולראות את הכל.
where the wires were,
where they were working.
I started drawing spaceships.
science fiction spaceships, no.
של המדע הבדיוני, לא.
would be made out of,
where the screws were.
איפה יהיו הברגים.
become a space engineer,
that I've been involved with
בהם הלקחתי חלק
quite different shapes,
לכל אחד צורה אחרת,
for different environments.
לסביבות שונות.
becomes really interesting
have been all over the world.
this map wasn't good enough.
כבר לא היתה מספקת.
a project on the Moon
at a habitation on Mars.
the precedents that are there.
מה בנו שם קודם.
it's kind of difficult, of course,
I wasn't even born yet,
עדיין לא נולדתי בכלל,
a long camping trip, isn't it,
on another planet or a moon,
על כוכב לכת אחר או ירח,
how to get it there.
איך להוביל לשם.
to the Moon's surface,
by seven meters, not that much.
לא כל כך הרבה.
or compactable, and light,
וגם קל משקל,
to a very harsh environment like the Moon.
בסביבה מאוד עויינת, כמו הירח.
it could be 100 degrees Celsius
יכול להיות 100 מעלות
it could be minus 100 degrees.
יכול להיות 100- מעלות.
any magnetic fields,
solar radiation, cosmic radiation --
קרינה סולארית, קרינה קוסמית --
from that as well,
will not get burned up,
the astronauts from that.
על האסטרונאוטים בפני כך.
and we need mass.
ואנחנו צריכים מאסה.
ourselves from the temperatures,
as you can see.
יש לנו החלק הכחול.
and a lot of lab space,
והרבה מקום למעבדות,
the support structures in,
that domed structure,
הכיפה הזאת,
to get this material from?
from Earth to the Moon?
because it's way too heavy.
and use local materials.
we deal with on Earth as well.
אנו משתמשים בחומרים מקומיים.
or whatever country we build in,
what are the local materials here?
what are the local materials?
מהם החומרים המקומיים שם?
regolith, Moon regolith.
רגוליט הירח.
שהרגוליט נמצא בכל מקום, נכון?
up to a few meters everywhere.
ועד כמה מטרים, בכל מקום.
what a 3D printer is,
probably something about this size
בערך בגודל כזה
that are about this size.
a massive 3D printer to the Moon
מדפסת תלת מימד מסיבית
something like this one here.
משהו כזה.
a small robot rover,
רכב רובוטי קטן,
a thin layer of regolith,
the robot that will solidify it,
structure that we're printing,
is a closed-cell foam structure.
מבנה מוקצף בעל תאים סגורים.
to solidify certain parts,
less binder from Earth,
חומר מגבש מכדור הארץ.
with a protective dome
printing these dome structures.
שמדפיסות את הכיפות.
between Mars and the Moon,
and the real distance,
ואת המרחק האמיתי,
Curiosity, looking back at Earth.
שהתמקד בכדור הארץ.
that's Earth, 400 million kilometers away.
זהו כדור הארץ, 400 מיליון ק''מ משם.
of the Earth to the Moon, pretty far away,
המרחק בין כדור הארץ לירח, די רחוק,
with, for example, the Curiosity rover.
למשל, "קיוריוסיטי".
- "הי רובר על המאדים, סע שמאלה,"
would take 20 minutes to get to Mars.
before it can tell me,
doesn't arrive at Mars.
לא יגיע למאדים?
just one or two rovers
בניית רובר אחד או שנים
a termite's mound, you know?
of the colony of the termites away,
to build the mound.
or robots don't arrive,
but you will still be able to do it.
אך עדיין נוכל להסתדר.
three different rovers.
and bringing it to the structure.
the little ones with the little legs,
הקטנים עם רגלים קטנות,
and sit on a layer of regolith
לשבת על הרגוליט
create that dome structure.
יוצרים את מבנה הכיפה.
It's a small swarm.
נחיל קטן.
to move sand around,
על ידי בני אדם, כן?
or giving them a predescribed path.
ולא תיכנת להם את המסלול.
an obstacle, like a rock,
their batteries died,
סוללות תתרוקנה,
to finish that task.
לסיים את המשימה.
we decided to do three domes,
החלטנו להקים 3 כיפות,
each of the domes
built in the floor,
well, this is pretty crazy.
get involved in space?
or a design view,
and really constrained problems.
ולהתגבר על מגבלות חמורות.
a place for design and architecture
interplanetary habitation.
מתחמי המגורים בחלל.
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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