Ještěd in the cage 15 - nomination Kohoutková, Nekola, Šmejkalová

Michala Kohoutková, Samuel Nekola, Jana Šmejkalová
Studio of Zdena Zedníčková

Assignment
"ON THE EDGE" aims to present projects and themes balancing on the edge – between the possible and the unthinkable/ between the present and the distant future/ between the known and the mysterious/ between reality and fiction/ between the normal and the crazy/ between reality and hyperreality, hybrid themes, topics on the border between architecture and other fields.
The overarching theme is "COLONIZING THE SOLAR SYSTEM" and under it various individual assignments are possibly listed in the direction from Earth to the edge of the Solar System >>> */ Elevator to geostationary orbit with a hotel */ Orbital ring city */ Tourist amusement center on the Moon */ Colonization base in a crater on Mars */ Mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt */ Underwater research base on Jupiter's moon Europa */ Floating city in Kraken Mare on Titan in Saturn's ring */ Underground ice city on Uranus' moon Oberon */ Spacecraft for long colonization flights */ own theme */

FLOATING CITY IN THE CLOUDS OF VENUS
Michaela Kohoutková

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5535 ANNEFRANK
Samuel Nekola

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GEOSTATIONARY SPACE PORT OF PLANET EARTH
Jana Šmejkalová

We are in the year 2100. The population on Earth has reached eleven billion, and people driven by the desire to transcend the boundaries of our planet are taking the opportunity to colonize the solar system. Mars is already permanently inhabited, and research stations are operating on several other planets. As space travel moves beyond individual colonization missions and becomes part of regular transport, there is a need for a more suitable starting point for interplanetary travel, which would reduce the costs of such transport and enable a broader spectrum of people to travel into space.
The geostationary space port is connected to Earth by an orbital elevator. This elevator allows for the transport of cargo and people to geostationary orbit without the use of rocket boosters. Thus, the space port opens up opportunities for greater expansion of space tourism and becomes a transfer station for the colonization of space. Within the space port, gravity is simulated in necessary areas, which can be achieved using centrifugal force generated by the rotation of a ring-shaped structure. However, the use of the port is not limited to accommodation and transport; it also serves as a transshipment point for materials extracted from asteroids or the Moon, supplies for missions and bases in other parts of space, a manufacturing and repair facility for spacecraft, and a scientific laboratory investigating, for example, the long-term stay in zero gravity and its effects on the human body.
The space port is located at an altitude of 35,786 km above the Earth. Its capacity is up to 2,500 people, of which 1,700 places are occupied by staff who ensure the operation, maintenance, and safety of the port, including scientists, engineers, programmers, botanists, and doctors. The remaining places are filled by tourists and travelers. The capacity accounts for a reserve for accommodating people working in space outside the geostationary space port.
Regarding food, the space port is completely self-sufficient. Plants in the created internal ecosystem receive care and all necessary nutrients thanks to robotic farming. However, plants have more significance for the space port. They represent a connection to Earth, which is important due to the long-term separation from our home planet. Therefore, there is plenty of greenery in the port outside of robotic farms: in the ring on all residential floors, countless parks, smaller green areas, and vertical gardens can be found, while the lower part of the port largely serves as a recreation area in zero gravity, entirely designed as a park.
Just as the Moon formed from a fragment of the planet Earth, so too does its geostationary port emerge from the same essence. The port is an island of Earth floating in space, resembling a pebble torn from a rock. While the pebble may appear smooth at first glance, upon closer inspection, we can also uncover cracks and fissures, just like in the structure of the port.