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Apartment Luna is a housing project with the application ofLunar (Moon) Architecture and Lunar Science.
The atmosphere on Earth is useful in protecting Earth from space radiation
and meteoroids and also to stabilize the temperature on the surface. The
moon does not has an atmosphere like Earth does. So, Lunar Architectureis applied in designing Apartment Luna, where assuming that the houses
are on the moon, 2/3 of each house will be built underground to protect it
from space radiation, meteoroids and extreme variation in temperature.
These underground part of each house is physically attached to each other
and hence the houses are called , Apartment, while the other 1/3 part of
each house is above the ground and separated from each other as if each
of them is a bungalow unit.
On Earth, Apartment Luna will be able to save energy. It will be practical
especially at relatively high temperature or low temperature area where
moderation of the temperature is preferred.
Apartment Luna will be built at a hillside facing Spaceflight Terminal at
Spaceport Malaysia in Bernam Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It will be a unique
and historic project in Space Science and Space Architecture and will beknown internationally.
Early registration to own Apartment Luna is now opened.
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NASA, ESA and other worlds major space
agencies will send manned missions to the moon
50 years after the first man landed on the Moon.
NASA (United States of America National Aeronautics & Space
Administration) has announced that it will again send manned
missions to the moon by 2020. ESA (European Space Agency)
and ROSKOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) plan to
establish manned lunar base by 2025. These manned lunarmissions will be followed by other manned lunar missions by
the space agencies of Japan, India and China.
Apartment Luna is in synchronicity with all the planned manned lunarmissions by the worlds major space agencies. It is a project to welcome the
return of manned lunar missions by those space agencies. Therefore, like other
projects related to the exploration and colonization of the moon, Apartment
Luna will share the attention and fame of those manned lunar missions, which
will be the most important and most popular space mission very soon.
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Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,
Neil Armstrong, Sea of Tranquility, Moon, July 20, 1969.
The moon has been inspiring man and woman since the beginning of artand culture thousand of years ago. Moon has not only appeared, but
influenced mankind arts and culture and even civilization and religious
practices for centuries.
Apartment Luna is referring to what was said by Neil Armstrongwhen he first stepped on the moon, that the modern understanding of the
moon will be a giant leap for mankind and shall continue inspiring man and
woman in various fields of innovation including architecture.
Innovative & Practical ArchitectureOn Earth, Apartment Luna will save energy. During summer or at tropical countries,
generally underground rooms have lower natural temperature than rooms above the
ground that are more exposed to the light and heat from the Sun do. With lower
natural room temperature, less energy will be required by air-conditioning to
maintain a cooler room temperature at Apartment Luna. The underground
compartments will be lighted by natural sunlight through periscopes and a light well.The periscopes will enable the occupants of the underground to view the
surroundings as if the viewing is done through windows from above the ground. The
light well at the center of the box-spiral stairs will allow the sunlight that enters
through the transparent dome-roof at the top of the well to reach underground.
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Kitchen
& Dining
F&B Elevator
Toilet
Guest
Living Room
General Plan (Above the Ground)
17 ft
(distance to neighboring
house This large enough
above the ground area isavailable for family
activities or to be utilized
for garden or garage.
20 ft
= 1ft2
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Total Solar-Paneled Roof
The roof will be totally covered with solar panels except the transparentdome-roof for maximum solar power generation. Rainwater will be recycled
effectively through a rain water harvesting system (there is no rain on the
moon, but a lot of rain on Earth, particularly in tropical countries).
Sliding
Glass Door
Main Entrance & Exit
40 ft
Rear Exit
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Master
Bedroom
Center
Bedroom
Rear
Bedroom
Family
Living Room
F&B Elevator
Toilet
Toilet
Toilet
Store
Kitchen
& Dining
General Plan (Underground)
40 ft
37 ft
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There will be 6 periscopes at each house. The master bedroom, rear
bedroom and kitchen each will be equipped with one periscope. The
family living room will has 2 periscopes. There is another extraperiscope at the rear of the house. Each periscope has a viewing mirror
with a diameter of 2ft, providing large enough field of view and generous
amount of light to the underground compartments.
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Ground Level
Periscope Periscope
Light
Well
Transparent
Dome-Roof
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Education & Research Opportunity
Apartment Luna can be a long term education and research program relatedto lunar colonization. It will educate directly the people who are involved in the
project and indirectly the people who are aware of the project about lunar
colonization. This project will provide a platform for lunar education and
research. Studies on lunar colonization, lunar architecture and space tourism can
be conducted with this unique platform. Therefore, related educational and
research organizations are encouraged to participate in Apartment Luna project.
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See-Through Side View(Periscopes, light well & box-spiral stairs are visible.)
An indoor garden or a terrarium can be created at the bottom of the light well.