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Building in extraterrestrial environments: t-brick shell

Title	Building in extraterrestrial environments: t-brick shell
Author	Yazıcı, Sevil
Publication Date:	2018-03
Publication Place	- American Society of Civil Engineers
Subject	Computational design, Extraterrestrial environments, Space architecture, Form generation, Architectural geometry, Performance assessment
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1076-0431
Record ID	84cfa04b-2807-4504-b562-be044b63df3e
Library Location	Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Date	2018-03
Sample Text	Space exploration focuses on new technologies to search the unknown. It has been used to investigate possibilities for the creation of human colonies in extraterrestrial environments. Current projects concerning space architecture reflect two perspectives that differ from highly rationalized engineering solutions in that they are highly conceptual and abstract approaches. Although implemented for extraterrestrial environments, new technologies do not offer a comprehensive approach from an architecture perspective that can be implemented for different design and programmatic purposes by the use of in situ materials on Mars. This paper aims to propose a comprehensive approach in which the form generation process is driven by environmental conditions, specifically the dune fields on Mars. A set of architectural geometry, described computationally, can respond to different spatial conditions, such as shell structures, from fully enclosed to semiopen surfaces. In this approach, in situ materials are used with robotic fabrication; more specifically, three-dimensional (3D) printing is used on Martian land. A material system, which creates a titanium-dioxide-based shielding layer, was developed against high radiation levels on the Martian surface. The interconnected structural modules were considered similar to the brick material called T-brick. The system was assessed structurally by selecting an enclosed geometry: a dome structure. Hence, the efficiency factor was calculated. The results proved that the proposed T-brick shell is an efficient solution considering the payload constraints of the system. The method can be potentially implemented on Earth and extraterrestrial environments in addition to Mars. (C) 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
DOI	10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000293
Cilt	24

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Building in extraterrestrial environments: t-brick shell

Author Yazıcı, Sevil

Publication Date 2018-03

Publication Place - American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject Computational design, Extraterrestrial environments, Space architecture, Form generation, Architectural geometry, Performance assessment

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1076-0431

Record ID 84cfa04b-2807-4504-b562-be044b63df3e

Library Location Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Date 2018-03

Sample Text Space exploration focuses on new technologies to search the unknown. It has been used to investigate possibilities for the creation of human colonies in extraterrestrial environments. Current projects concerning space architecture reflect two perspectives that differ from highly rationalized engineering solutions in that they are highly conceptual and abstract approaches. Although implemented for extraterrestrial environments, new technologies do not offer a comprehensive approach from an architecture perspective that can be implemented for different design and programmatic purposes by the use of in situ materials on Mars. This paper aims to propose a comprehensive approach in which the form generation process is driven by environmental conditions, specifically the dune fields on Mars. A set of architectural geometry, described computationally, can respond to different spatial conditions, such as shell structures, from fully enclosed to semiopen surfaces. In this approach, in situ materials are used with robotic fabrication; more specifically, three-dimensional (3D) printing is used on Martian land. A material system, which creates a titanium-dioxide-based shielding layer, was developed against high radiation levels on the Martian surface. The interconnected structural modules were considered similar to the brick material called T-brick. The system was assessed structurally by selecting an enclosed geometry: a dome structure. Hence, the efficiency factor was calculated. The results proved that the proposed T-brick shell is an efficient solution considering the payload constraints of the system. The method can be potentially implemented on Earth and extraterrestrial environments in addition to Mars. (C) 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.

DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000293

Cilt 24