Architecture and Sci-Fi
June 24th, 2009 by Rebecca Wasieleski. Posted in Concrete ContractorI ran across an article at The Architects’ Journal web page on the architecture of Star Wars. Good stuff. Who wouldn’t want to live in the Ewok Village!?
I think the Sci-Fi world is a great place to look for futuristic design ideas and inspiration. I’ve always been intrigued and humored by the past’s vision of the future. (Do you remember that silly “war room/president’s office” in the original Dead Zone?) One of my favorite futurist illustrators is Arthur Radebaugh, a commercial artist and cartoonist from the mid-1900s. His stuff can be hard to find, but believe me, he had a great futurist mind and was a talented artist. His “Closer Than We Think” was comic strip Sci-Fi. I found this link on another blog, Paleo-Future, that shows a few frames from “Closer Than We Think.” Take a look at the bottom one, showing pre-fab, gravity-free homes. Looks like a design that could easily be made from concrete! And if Radebaugh would have imagined the benefits of insulated concrete homes, he wouldn’t have had to dream up the anti-gravity device that helps homeowners beat the heat. Save money on energy costs AND stay cool? That’s the Sci-Fi vision of concrete housing that is slowly but surely becoming a reality.
