LOON—An Exploration of Lunar-Native Urban Planning

Intentionally or not, Earth’s Moon will serve as a competitive laboratory for extreme settlement technology, policy, planning, and design. Loon explores the influence of building information models (BIM) as an approach to lunar urban planning and aims to add insights from experiences and practices o...

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Published in:Earth and Space 2021
Main Authors: Montes, Jeffrey, Hudgins, Ethan, Cannon, Kevin M., Lordos, George, van Susante, Paul, Cohen, Lindsey
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2021
Subjects:
Urban and regional development
Space construction
Moon
Building information modeling
Construction management
Construction engineering
Aerospace engineering
Architectural engineering
Antarctica
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/15795
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483374.105
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Summary:Intentionally or not, Earth’s Moon will serve as a competitive laboratory for extreme settlement technology, policy, planning, and design. Loon explores the influence of building information models (BIM) as an approach to lunar urban planning and aims to add insights from experiences and practices on Earth including McMurdo Station in Antarctica and construction management and development planning best practices. Rather than a specific town plan, Loon attempts the development of a three-dimensional BIM—a tool that informs decision making in design and planning by “encoding” geometry with environmental, programmatic, and performative information.

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