Advanced Studio IV - Spring 2009 Critic: Yoshiko Sato Archived Project
Program: Low-Earth Orbit Space Hotel
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We are venturing into space, traveling further and longer. My project offers a one-year stay in low-earth orbit, 200 miles above the surface of the Earth. This long-term stay will test our capacity and desire to simulate Earth and adapt to a weightless and controlled environment. I sought to understand how we would adapt biologically to life in space: our circadian rhythms, sense of balance, diet, exercise, and sleep. As schedules adjust to the ninety-minute orbit, new social groupings would evolve based on sleep-wake and other cycles within the fifty space explorers. The hotel guests would be monitored frequently, trailblazing for future space tourists and researchers. By offering artificial gravity, audio-visual, and somatic experiences, inhabitants can choose their level of immersion in the space environment. The thing we will learn about most in space is ourselves.
Space Hotel Yoshiko Sato
Partial model of sleep-spinners and outer circulation and modules. White laser-cut acrylic and acetate, 1/8” = 1’-0”.
90 - 110 MINUTES
Earth Rotation LEO Orbit Sleep Cycle
SPACE WALK ZONE
AWAKE
15-50 Hz, < 50 µV
STAGE 1
4-8 Hz, 50-100 µV
STAGE 2
4-15 Hz, 50-150 µV
STAGE 3
2-4 Hz, 100-150 µV
STAGE 4
0.5-2 Hz, 100-200 µV
REM
15-30 Hz, < 50 µV
Human sleep and circadian rhythms, just one of the fundamental adaptations that will be required for long-term space travel.
SPORTS SPHERE
TRACK & POOL
SPACE-GYM
LEO SPACE HOTEL ONE-YEAR MISSION RESTAURANT/LOUNGE MODULAR HOTEL/LAB
Top: Rapid-prototype model, 1/32” = 1’-0” Above: Laser-cut acrylic model, 1/16” = 1’-0”
ARRIVAL
SPACEPORT
Overall exploded isometric
Continuous circulation paths reduce the sense of containment in the limited pressurized space of the hotel.
TOP
Champagne Cinnamon Beige Salmon Peach Straw Ivory Cream Maize Pale Yellow Pale Green Pale Blue Lavender White Oil White Light Gray
AFT
RIGHT
Living Areas
Rest area/crew quarters Recreation Lounge Personal hygiene, shower Passageways
Work Areas
General workstations Data processing Communications Maintenance Mechanical equipment Security Logistics Administration
LEFT
Food Prep and Serving Kitchen Dining
Service Areas AFT
Launrdy Health maintenance
Assembly Areas
RIGHT
Conference/briefing Training
Storage Areas
Food storage General storage/supplies
A visual ecology counters the monotony of confinement. LEFT
BOTTOM
FOREWARD
Each cell has 8 neighbors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Each ‘tick’ generation it lives or dies based on simple rules if(
& <2 ) then
if(
& >3 ) then
if(
& 2-3 ) then
if(
& 3 ) then
COMMON PATTERNS
Sectional organization. At the center, spinning modules allow for variable-gravity experiments and sleep environments. The section varies along the length of each of three hotel/lab wings.
Interchangeable modules: work space (top) and living space (bottom)
STILL LIVES BLOCK
HIVE
LOAF
TUB
BOAT
OSCILLATORS TOAD
BLINKER
SPACE SHIPS GILDER
Spinning experiment racks
Spinning sleep pods LIGHT WEIGHT SPACE SHIP
METHUSELAH
At the center of the hotel wings is a gathering space and a place to eat together. Each table allows a person to anchor themselves and their food without a strap-like restraint.
R-PENTOMINO 1103 TICKS
ACORN 5206 TICKS
BUNNIES 17332 TICKS
This logic, applied to architectural surfaces, creates a virtual ecology.
80 Active Noise Cancellation
Passive Noise Cancellation Normal Voice
70
Maximum
NC
The space walk zone is a continuous net around the exterior, to provide a tether-free space walk.
Level (dB)
NC
60 NC
50
50 -
40 -
25 -
Wo rk Ma xS lee p
Total
Mi nS lee p
IMU Fan Cabin Fan Water Separation
40
Sleep-Fan
Volume: 7500 ft3 Per 2-pod spinner 17.3
RPM:
Smoke Detectors Avionics Fans Water Pump Avionics
30 63
125
250
500
1000
2000
4000
8000
Frequency (Hz)
The sports sphere, a ball court that can be rotated in any direction during play.
Life support systems generate high noise levels on the Space Shuttle (graph above) and International Space Station, interfering with productivity and sleep.
Entry
The water wheel, a lap pool that contains the water through centripetal force.
MEdia display soft Contouring intErior rigid shEll
The rigid shell of the sleep pod provides an isolated environment. The media display and contouring interior surfaces allow for a customized experience. SHORT REM
LONGER REM
SLEEP CYCLE
LIGHT
GRAVITY
Spinning while sleeping provides eight hours per day of artificial gravity, helping maintain the muscular and skeletal systems of the body, while allowing for a customized sleep-wake cycle.