This thesis investigates the possible development of a new urban form around space launching sites. A city form that is built with the influence of job opportunities offered at the spaceport and its surrounding local conditions-a futuristic company town. The design approach is derived from a multitude of learnings from the past and later it is curated to envision a futuristic aspect providing solutions for better livelihood of people while also advocating for the surrounding environment. The thesis intensively focuses on developing a set of frameworks that could be tailored for building cities around spaceports identifying various obstructions existing around them. And it is later tested with one of its kind – a potential growth site with its very own local contextual conditions. The distinctive design decisions and solutions provided consider the presence of the spaceport as a constant; with changing population and landscapes as variables. The determined frameworks can be applied to any other such potential site. The notion of the new urban fabric is to create a valuable settlement that supports and embraces the co-existence of technological innovation, environmental consciousness, and better liveability, creating resistance against fatal damages and complications. This science-driven city will be an identity for the future urban fabric around space science exploration zones. It aims in achieving its purpose and contributes to cultivating the good quality of life that people would need for healthy well-being while working towards innovative inventions for mankind to sustain on earth and beyond. / Master of Science / Some may criticize that cities were built after people decided to settle there. I would like to advocate, people came first and the cities followed, expanded constantly with growing needs. Most cities began as small settlements that flourished over time. Some of the world's well-known cities started as small ports or even as fishing villages, and then grew as their economies started linking to regional and international trade.
As we are in the space and technological innovations age currently, we might not think about their importance very often, but the world's spaceports play an important role in our day-to-day life. Orbital sensors track weather patterns to help one to start the day, they also offer geospatial data to navigate without getting lost, they connect everyone across the globe, and many other benefits.
All of this starts with a rocket launch, and spaceports provide the basic infrastructure to send these satellites above. Even though they have enormous benefits, this thesis focuses on the drawbacks associated with their impacts on the urban form around them. It also outlines a set of frameworks to improve the typical existing conditions by providing thoughtful strategic design solutions for their better existence and futuristic growth.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/114107 |
| Date | 15 March 2023 |
| Creators | Sanga Reddy Manickam Jeyaseelan, Rose Christina |
| Contributors | Architecture, Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C., Lever, David G., Sanchez, Thomas W., Kelsch, Paul J. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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