ADVANCED MEGASTRUCTURES / into the cosmic unknown

+BOOK OF "FUTURES" DESIGN+

>"megastructures" a new encyclopedic collection<

>of cosmic conscious developments in inventive<

+"MEGASTRUCTURES" NOW+

+AVAILABLE @ BOOKSTAR)+

>prototypes for spaceship earth is now available<

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+$20 ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEW+

>"megastructures" is a well illustrated overview<

>of a variety of large scale advanced inventive<

+(HIGH TECHNOLOGY+

+/ NEW PROTOTYPES)+

>structures in several archetypes, world wide<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+"ENVIRON PROTOTYPES"+

>was a class i developed at sdsu to encourage<

>advanced concept designs "chairs to cities"<

+(ECOLOGY=ECONOMY+

+HEALTH=SOC. STUDY+

+MUST BE IMPORTANT)+

>our orientation was w/ "whole earth" view<

>/stewart brand's vital pulitzer prize catalog<

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 >the structure selected for the cover is a high<
>rise warped skin biomorphic "skyscraper"<
+(NO BOXES /+
+IN NATURE)+
>designed for "latest ideas" country dubai<
>(we must question dubai environ impact)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >here in california computers giant "apple"<
>is building the circle champion building<
+("APPLE"'S GIANT CIRCLE+
+/ VISIONARY CONCEPT)+
>of this time (reminds of hadron collider)<
>(one must question if clusters are better)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>this chinese "three gorges dam"power house<
>has serious negative environmental impact<
+(ECOLOGICAL STUDY /+
+MUST BE IMPORTANT)+
>raising world red flag ecological warnings<
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 >300.000 mirrors on a dry lake bed in the<
>mojave desert s.w. of las vegas develops<
+(IVANPAH SOLAR+
+ELECTRIC FARM)+
>the worlds largest solar generating farm<
>(it will double american solar energy)<
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 >this amazing world's tallest bridge the "millau<
>viaduct" by foster & virlogeux (anglo-french)<
+(WORLD'S TALLEST+
+TENSILE CONCEPT)+
>is over the french grand canyon near the<
>beautiful chateau de-la-caze castle hotel<
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 >french high speed trains have been very good<
>and now the japanese "maglev" system (illust)<
+(HIGH SPEED TRAINS ARE+
+IDEAL IN LARGE CIRCLE)+
>is being tested. / elton musk of tesla cars has<
>proposed a high speed system for california<
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 >california caltrans bridge engineers have supported<
>my theory for disaster proof architecture by using<
+(TENSILE STRUCTURES+
+/ SDSU-ED SINCE 1969)+
>tensile bridge design to resist a 7.0 mag. quake<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the international space station technology is<
>rapidly expanding with japanese, russian,<
+(SEE the LATEST DESIGN+
+/ FROM YOUR GARDEN)+
>indian & american designers at work as<
>the station orbits the earth every 93 min<
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 >the alma telescope in chile is 5000 m above<
>sea level and is allowing us to watch stars<
+(COSMIC CONSCIOUS+
+/ ALMA TELESCOPE)+
>& planets form plus amazing ufo activity<
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>"stairway to heaven" spheroids shall one day<
>take space travelers via high tech elevator<
+(CARBON NANOTUBE+
+SPHERE ELEVATERS)+
>systems to international space stations<
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 >the hadron collider is preparing a new phase<
>after the success in finding the higgs boson<
+(HIGGS BOSON IMPLYS+
+>OTHER UNIVERSES)+
>which is a fabulous discovery revealing a<
>potential for existence of other universes<

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+OTHER DIMENSIONS MAY BE+

+REVEALED SOON AS STRING+

>(visionary seer - designers<

>leaders in the days ahead)<

+THEORY PROVES CORRECT+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu