Hong Kong, 30 November 2011 ————– Hong Kong-based architectural consultancy firm Sepia Design Consultants Limited presented their award-winning architectural concept for a lunar habitat at the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Hong Kong.
The lecture entitled, “Building on the Moon: The Lunar Scenario of our Future in Space” was delivered by Sepia Design Consultants Limited Managing Director, Thomas Schmidt, AIA, LEED AP, as a follow-up to his series of lectures in Boston and Los Angeles in September of this year. Schmidt’s lunar habitat design was co-awarded the Technical Feasibility and Elegance Award by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics earlier this year. His design of a lunar research habitat and space hotel scooped an award in an international design competition organized by SHIFTBoston that garnered over 100 diverse entries from around the world.
Schmidt provided an overview of the lunar environment, the rationale behind the design and planning of the 8,000 sq m self-sustaining facility, and the potential for in-situ lunar resource utilization to create construction materials on the lunar surface for such an endeavor. Schmidt noted, “It’s really an exciting time to be alive — with the continuing commercialization of space travel, burgeoning field of space tourism, and long-term potential for lunar Helium-3 to meet the world’s energy needs, we may be back on the moon before we know it.”
Editor’s Note: Thomas Schmidt, AIA, LEED AP is the founder of Sepia Design Consultants Limited, an award-winning design consultancy specializing in creative and sustainable design solutions for the hospitality industry. Schmidt is also author and illustrator of the award-winning Bumbling Traveller Adventure Series which seeks to promote environmental and cultural awareness through entertaining mysteries and adventures, which was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) through a 2010 Chapter Citation.
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