MOON CAPITAL: LIFE ON THE MOON 100 YEARS AFTER APOLLO

摘要

MoonCapital is a design proposal for a second-generation habitation located on the rim of Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole in the year 2069, 100 years after the first man arrived on the Moon. Based on current and anticipated technology and scientific knowledge, it develops a realistic scenario of how 60 and more people may live on the Moon 55 years from now. In 2009, Architecture and Vision worked on a series of extraterrestrial habitats, such as the MoonVille project, to develop an architectural vision of a settlement on the Moon 40 years after the first moon landing. MoonVille was based on the concept that the limited amount of energy and resources on the Moon results in a defined size of settlement, similar to a medieval town, that corresponds to the amount of available farmland. In contrast to this, MoonCapital is investigating the principle of cellular growth based on a series of modules. The ongoing architectural research on how humans can not only survive but also live in Space is an important contribution to the scientific community.