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Colour study for the residential area of the Sojus-M space shuttle (1970–1974, design not realised) © Archive Balaschowa
Architecture | 26.06.2015

smow blog compact: Design for the Soviet Space Programme - Galina Balashova @ Deutsches Architekturmuseum Frankfurt

Space is, as any Trekkie will tell you, the final frontier. For designers and architects it is certainly a very challenging frontier. Not only do the normal physical laws not apply thus requiring new considerations in terms of materials or construction, but functionality takes on whole new meanings: “comfort” being replaced by “need to survive”, “ergonomics” being replaced by “need to survive”, “adaptability” being replaced by “need to survive” And does the interior of a spaceship need to be

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