These are templates created with the help of AI, which can be designed similarly using special 3D-software. The extent to which this can be achieved is not a question of technical possibility, but only of available energy. The following suggestions can therefore be seen as concepts that can be further developed. Acceptance comes from the fascination that the first model projects are already exerting.
Figures 1 + 2 show the possibilities of 3D printing, the structure of which lends itself to these applications in that a near-natural surface facilitates integration into existing or future biotopes. These can be constructed to require only a fraction of the usual soil sealing that is one of the causes of climate problems. However, special concrete mixes with the addition of recycled plastics can drastically reduce the amount needed. I understand that the Technical University of Dresden is working on such materials. I myself know producers of such materials. These additives can be used both to strengthen the structure and to significantly increase durability, as they can be produced on a controlled industrial scale. See also the programme: https://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/wissen-vor-acht-werkstatt, which gives examples of how ash from old cardboard boxes can be used to make large savings in concrete, while reducing CO2 emissions. (Reminiscent of the construction methods of the ancient Romans, who achieved similar results by using volcanic ash).
These are templates created with the help of AI, which can be designed similarly using special software, with which I have some experience for models in a smaller scale. The extent to which this can be achieved is not a question of technical possibility, but only of available energy. The following suggestions can therefore be seen as concepts that can be further developed. Acceptance comes from the fascination that the first model projects are already exerting.
The fictional use of the launch catapult with an E or H2 aircraft shows just one variation of the possibilities. The best place is always the next highest, i.e. close to the roofs. As soon as enough energy is available, this can become the normal way to travel. The flocking intelligence of birds shows us how this works and has already been impressively demonstrated in drone demonstrations. As the vertical plane is still available, this type of autonomous locomotion will also be the safest available.
Figure 1 also shows the example of an aircraft with only one runner, which is attached to the intersection of the flight axes and can orient itself accordingly during take-off and landing, making the variant in Figure 2, which shows the parking position, unnecessary. In this case, only the one slider required for take-off or landing would be activated. Both variants also offer advantages during taxiing and parking of the aircraft, which as lightweight structures are extremely exposed to the winches even in the passive position.
Figures 3 and 4 show steel structures that can be prefabricated without the use of concrete, so that only assembly is required on site. Similar to prefabricated houses, but a little simpler.
What all the designs have in common is that they allow a completely new type of urban transport to be created, one that is both spectacular and safe. Since it is already possible, for example, to fly a large number of drones at the same time in a very confined space without them getting in each other’s way, such a project is closer than most proponents of autonomous flight themselves think possible.
Catapult launchers, as already described elsewhere, are a key component in this, ensuring safe take-offs and landings, e.g. from rooftop to rooftop, automatically, with the help of the aforementioned software, with a precision that is impossible for a human, and much safer than will be possible with cars, because here there is another dimension available, that of vertical movement. We are also adding a component for the safe evacuation of large buildings, which I won’t go into now.
Links to Tailor-made architecture:
- Lebendige Lehmwände aus dem 3D-Drucker – Lilli Green
- 3D-gedrucktes Lehmhaus (baumeister.de)
- Architekten drucken Lehmhäuser aus dem 3D-Drucker! – Lilli Green
- Dieses TECLA-Haus stammt aus dem 3D-Drucker – und besteht komplett aus Lehm | AD Magazin (ad-magazin.de)
- 3D-Printing in Architecture (parametric-architecture.com)
- SAGA builds the largest 3D-printed circular-shaped house in Scandinavia (parametric-architecture.com)