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Design Process

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Sketchbooks

These sketches trace the genesis of the project — from the first spatial intuition to the final architectural composition. Each drawing is a step in the thinking, a hypothesis tested in line.

01 Site & Overall Composition From site to project — the logic of crater implantation
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The city in the crater — 1st base
Overview The city in the crater — 1st base Concentric composition
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Final base composition
Final composition Final base composition Site plan evolution
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Site plan — mineral garden & landing area
Site plan Site plan — mineral garden & landing area Site d'extraction et panneaux solaires
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Base plan and elevation — control centre
Plan & elevation Base plan and elevation — control centre Aire d'alunissage en avant-plan
02 Phasing — From primitive to final base Progressive colonisation in three phases
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Plan of the 1st buried base
Phase 1 Plan of the 1st buried base Modules buried in regolith
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1st base — evolution and reading direction
Plan & section 1st base — evolution and reading direction Habitats, greenhouses, longitudinal section
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Plan research — in the crater
Research Plan research — in the crater Preliminary formal explorations
03 Structural System & Interfaces Regolith construction, airlocks, access
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Structural system — beams, walls, frames
Structure Structural system — beams, walls, frames Underground transport
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Assembly of lunar concrete blocks
Construction Assembly of lunar concrete blocks Construction robot on surface
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Platform de décollage et d'alunissage
Platform Platform de décollage et d'alunissage Diaphragm airlock — 3m height
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Spacesuit room in the airlock
Airlock Spacesuit room in the airlock Hostile environment / habitable spaces interface
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Access to the first base
Access Access to the first base Perspective of the pressurised entry corridor
04 Habitation & Interior Life Human scale — housing, circulation, light
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Hemispherical dwellings of variable sizes
Section Hemispherical dwellings of variable sizes Section sur le mail qui dessert les habitations
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Community housing — unit plan
Unit Community housing — unit plan 9m diameter — radial organisation
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Interiors de logements
Interior Interiors de logements Cylindrical volume — double height
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1/6th gravity — the staircase reimagined
Gravity 1/6th gravity — the staircase reimagined Widely spaced steps — 15cm×6, 90cm/step