Roxanne Meadows Ms. Roxanne Meadows attended Moore College of Art and received a B.F.A. from Maryland Institute of Art. She studied technical and architectural rendering and model making under Jacque Fresco for 4 years. Today, she is an accomplished and well-known technical and architectural illustrator and model maker. Since 1985, Ms. A few of the many clients of Architectural Arts Inc. are: Disney Development Corp. - Orlando, FL Westinghouse Communities - Naples, FL The Lutgert Companies - Naples, FL Bonita Bay Properties - Bonita Springs, FL Atlantic Gulf Communities – Miami, FL CRSA Inc. - Memphis, Tennessee Krystal Key Development Corp.- Ft. She taught technical and fine arts at the Sebring and Lake Placid Art Center and has worked as a computer animator for Ken Sneeden and Associates. From 1975 to the present, she has worked with renowned futurist Jacque Fresco to develop and promote The Venus Project. She, along with Mr.
Tomorrow's cities: How the Venus Project is redesigning the future 25 August 2013Last updated at 19:34 ET Is it possible to create a radically different society? One where material possessions are unnecessary, where buildings are created in factories, where mundane jobs are automated? Would you want to live in a city where the main aim of daily life is to improve personal knowledge, enjoy hobbies, or solve problems that could be common to all people in order to improve the standard of living for everyone? Some may think it is idealistic, but 97-year old architect Jacque Fresco is convinced his vision of the future is far better than how we live today. Continue reading the main story To see the enhanced content on this page, you need to have JavaScript enabled and Adobe Flash installed. All CGI images copyright the Venus Project. Audio by Jane Wakefield. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Related: Tomorrow's cities: The city of 2050 Tomorrow's cities: Do you want to live in a smart city? The Venus Project More audio slideshows: The man who built the Dome
Open Source Ecology Transportation Various segments of the passenger compartments on these high-speed maglev trains can be removed as the train passes through the station. These removable sections can then take passengers to their local destinations while other compartments are lowered in their place. This method allows the main body of the train to remain in motion, thus conserving energy. In addition, the removable multi-functional compartments could be specially equipped to serve most transportation purposes. Since military aircraft will be unnecessary in the future, emphasis can be shifted to advancing medical, emergency, service, and transportation vehicles. These Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft are designed to lift passengers and freight by the use of ring-vortex air columns. The central dome of this airport of the future would contain air terminals, maintenance facilities, service centers, and hotels. All of the runways will be equipped with built in sprinkler systems in case of emergency.
Sustainable, economical and architecturally inspiring: the rise of timber as a modern construction material | Construction Global Sustainable, economical and architecturally inspiring: the rise of timber as a modern construction material Timber is often regarded as one of the most sustainable materials for mainstream construction projects, while at the same time often criticised as being expensive and architecturally restrictive. Yet new thinking has meant timber can now be approached as an economically viable option for large scale projects that does not mean sacrificing on architectural creativity. Leading the way in a new timber revolution is cross-laminated timber (CLT). Layers of softwood timber planks, of varying thickness (between approximately 20mm and 50mm), are glued and pressed together at right angles to each other. This creates a solid cross section of timber, which can then be used as walls or floors. William Perkin High School, Greenford The £20 million school building opened just this year, with a total floor area in excess of 13,000m2 and space for over 1,200 students. Sustainability Conclusion
Auto-construire son éolienne | OPEN SOURCE ENERGY Petit retour sur la semaine dernière passée dans l’Ariège près d’Artigat pour un stage d’auto-construction en éolienne organisé par l’association Tripalium. L’objectif de cette semaine à la Ferme de Tournemire était donc de construire une éolienne de type Piggott de près de 4m de diamètre pour une hauteur de 18m. Cette dernière doit produire jusqu’à 1,7Kw soit plus de la moitié des besoins de la ferme. réalisation vidéo : Arthur Hoffner Afin de réussir ce défi les membres de l’association: Jay, Francis et Philippe, ont organisé la semaine autour de 3 ateliers. • Taille des pâles en bois massif. • Réalisation de l’alternateur qui comprend: la fabrication des bobines de cuivre pour le stator (partie statique), la disposition en Nord/Sud des aimants pour la fabrication des rotors (parties rotatives), ces 3 parties étant réalisées en résine polyester et fibre de verre. Site de l’association Tripalium : www.tripalium.org • Enfin l’atelier métal pour la réalisation de la nacelle et le mât.
Energy None of these mega-projects will ever be undertaken without a comprehensive study of the positive and negative retroactions involved. As refinements in conversion technologies increase its feasibility, geothermal energy will come to take on a more prominent role. Readily available in various geographical regions throughout the world, both on land and under the sea, this energy source alone could provide enough clean energy for the next thousand years. These underwater structures are designed to convert a portion of the flow of the Gulf Stream through turbines to generate clean electric power. A land bridge or tunnel might be constructed across the Bering Strait. Solar power has tremendous potential from photovoltaic panels that store energy in batteries for private use to large scale solar plants on land and in the sea.
We’ve made the Ebola crisis worse So why was this epidemic not contained long ago, like previous ones? It didn’t help that it hit countries with few medics: Liberia was left with only 30 doctors when its civil war ended in 2003, compared with 2,000 beforehand. It is also down to the poorly resourced countries to report outbreaks; this one was not identified until March, three months after the first victim is thought to have caught Ebola from a fruit bat. But previous, controlled episodes of the plague also occurred in poor African countries. This time, however, the world was slow to react. Kent Brantly – the American doctor who survived the virus – says that pleas for international help “appeared to fall on deaf ears”. That may have reflected budget cuts. $1 billion from its planned two-year budget. This week, the Commons International Development Committee condemned the Government for cutting aid to Liberia and Sierra Leone, saying this may have helped compromise their health systems.
OPEN SOURCE ENERGY | pour une énergie propre, libre et accessible ! Cities in the Sea A global system of these structures can easily accommodate many millions of people and relieve the land based population pressures. They can provide the inhabitants with information and serve as natural sea aquariums without artificially enclosing marine life. Many of these cities may serve as oceanographic universities that maintain the ecological balance of marine systems. Other ocean cities will maintain sea farms that will cultivate many forms of marine life. They could also be used as a new resource for mining the relatively untapped resources of the oceans without disturbing its ecology. After construction, these structures can be towed to various locations where they would be most beneficial, then anchored to the ocean floor. Offshore apartment buildings of concrete, steel, glass, titanium, and a wide variety of new synthetic materials could be built to relieve the population pressure in areas like Hong Kong, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York.