From: Charles J Knight (c.knight_at_juno.com)
Date: 05/11/99
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:52:02 +0000 Subject: Re: Expressing a complex view, and the need for graphical presentation Message-ID: <19990511.115831.11902.0.c.knight@juno.com> From: Charles J Knight <c.knight_at_juno.com>
>> for balloons, why not for cities? With the 1 mile diameter
>>structure,
> Yeah. I have a vision in my head, which I may have an
>artist-friend convert to a painting, and which I may also do in
>computer graphics, of a large, spherical sky city, 1+ miles in
>diameter. The top half is clear, to let in sunlight & heat, there's a
There are no real obstacles to building a structure this large, anymore.
A
mile is 5280 feet...a half mile is appx 2600 feet. Temcor has managed to
engineer a dome system for domes up to 1500-2000 feet in diameter,
and Monolithic Domes has engineered a sprayed system called a
"Crenosphere" which specifically deals with domes almost this large.
We're almost there!!!
> To this end, I'm beginning to focus more on my studies of
>computer graphics, animation, 3D modelling and the like. If there are
>any other folks out there who are interested in these areas, I'd
>appreciate your help in devising ways to more effectively communicate
>these ideas via visual means (and perhaps other creative ways).
Take a look at the animations and stills from the first milennial
project,
and you sould see something similar. In fact, they have spherical
airships docking at their seacrete island in one of their animations.
-- Chuck Knight
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