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Geological Astroikos
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: Received: 21 September 2018 / Approved: 25 September 2018 / Online: 25 September 2018 (09:21:41 CEST)
How to cite: Eid-Macheh y Sánchez, Y.; García Valverde, J. J. Geological Astroikos. Preprints 2018, 2018090482. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201809.0482.v1 Eid-Macheh y Sánchez, Y.; García Valverde, J. J. Geological Astroikos. Preprints 2018, 2018090482. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201809.0482.v1
Abstract
To establish a human colony in a planetary body different from the terrestrial one, will entail to join those factors that can favour the good development of life in that place. However, which of these possible parameters can be categorized as essential when referring to the creation of a shelter for a long stay? Human beings, willing to abandon their natural environment in order to open new extra-terrestrial settlements for present and future generations, have to stay long hours cloistered in a volume built in a quite hostile environment a priori. They deserve to find a habitat which not only makes them feel protected, with the tranquillity and comfort that entails, but also provides an environment capable to transmit desire to live and be. Astroikos. Term whose suffix Oikos ("house", in Greek) defines in classical antiquity the set of goods and people that constituted the basic unit of society, allows us to identify the new planetary habitat as the possible refuge of a multidisciplinary team of astronauts aiming at colonizing other worlds. This would be based on four fundamental pillars: 1. The humanization of Space Architecture. 2. The possibility of the use of indigenous materials, resources and natural geological structures, as well as the recycling of elements of space vehicles. 3. Self-construction. 4. Security.
Keywords
Geological Astroikos; Astroikos; Space Architecture; Planetary Architecture; Architecture; Geological Habitats; Habitats;
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Architecture
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