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This is about creating a love for the new possibilities out there. Suddenly you can live in a forest, take the hyperloop, go into work everyday, and it's only gonna take 10 minutes. Suddenly you spread out the possibilities for everybody to live where they want: by the sea, by the water, in the forest – wherever.
In this video for Dezeen, BIG partner Jakob Lange explains their plans for the Hyperloop One high-speed transportation system – and how it may be closer to coming to fruition than you may think.
A fully-operational model of the system linking the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has already been constructed, and is preparing for its official unveiling on November 7 in Dubai.
via Dezeen
In May of this year, BIG, along with Arup and AECOM, partnered with business magnate and global innovator Elon Musk to design and develop the vehicles and spaces necessary to make the Hyperloop system human-friendly. Initial tests earlier this year on a system built in the desert outside of Las Vegas saw the model pods reach speeds of 187 km/h (116 mph) in just 1.1 seconds.
Lange is director of BIG Ideas, an internal technology-driven special projects unit within BIG that creates prototypes, products and new materials within the building industry. Previous projects have included the product design collaborative KiBiSi and the Smoke Ring chimney at the BIG-designed waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen.
News via Dezeen.
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