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Cosmic Mirrors : Extraterrestrial Architectural Entities Kolosova, Kristina

Abstract

Space is a mirror. Throughout history, space has provided a blank canvas for imagination of utopias. Utopia is an unachievable tangent that drives our progress. It provides us with hope and feeds our creativity. Connection to space reflects our societies and provides meaning which later is encapsulated in architecture. This thesis explores the hypothesis of future celestial habitats and how architecture may reshape given the utopic ideologies of today. Societal fundamental values are defined by the context of shared beliefs, governments, and technologies. Based on our values today, this thesis uses cosmic space as a prompt for an interpolation of the architectural future where architecture becomes an entity on its own. The project takes place on the dwarf planet Ceres in the year 2122.

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Title
Cosmic Mirrors : Extraterrestrial Architectural Entities
Creator
Kolosova, Kristina
Date Issued
2022-12
Description
Space is a mirror. Throughout history, space has provided a blank canvas for imagination of utopias. Utopia is an unachievable tangent that drives our progress. It provides us with hope and feeds our creativity. Connection to space reflects our societies and provides meaning which later is encapsulated in architecture. This thesis explores the hypothesis of future celestial habitats and how architecture may reshape given the utopic ideologies of today. Societal fundamental values are defined by the context of shared beliefs, governments, and technologies. Based on our values today, this thesis uses cosmic space as a prompt for an interpolation of the architectural future where architecture becomes an entity on its own. The project takes place on the dwarf planet Ceres in the year 2122.
Subject
space architecture; utopia; Russian cosmism; Ceres
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
Date Available
2022-12-23
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0422903
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83513
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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