Ship's Locker: Out of the Closet

[Condottiere]

Wheels, Tracks or Legs - What's Best for Sci-Fi Ground Vehicles?

Spacedock delves into modes of traction for sci-fi ground vehicles.

For that grounded feeling.

 

[Seffix]

But once again, they left out slithering.

 

[Condottiere]

I think it's a question of traction,

there's a lot of muscle contraction,

might not be that feasible for a mechanical contraption.

 

[Seffix]

There must be an alien faction that favors that mechanical action.

 

[Condottiere]

Outside of some advanced technology that would make it feasible as land transport, which I haven't come across, yet.

Environmentally, you could have snake type transports that operate in water.

Or centipedes, though then you need legs, which could be rather short.

 

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Grav umbrella.

 

[Condottiere]

 

[Condottiere]

Drinax.

Bundle of Holding.

For those who want to complete their collections.

Six days left.

 

[Condottiere]

The Perfect Stealth Boat...that the US Navy Didn't Want

Install a manoeuvre drive on it.

 

[Condottiere]

Acceleration chair.

Can double as fast drugged sedation rest.

 

[Condottiere]

Underground Cities: Surviving DUNE's Deadliest Planet

The Fremen, shaped by displacement, thrive on Arrakis through nomadic traditions, bayt al-shar tents, sietches, and troglodyte engineering. They master moisture collection, wind traps, partitioning, observation, and surveillance, enforcing discipline through architecture. Their cave psychology, functional sites, and stimulus hunger create both spiritual experiences and control, ensuring collective survival.

1. Termite mounds?

2. Goat hair tents.

3. Troglodytes.

4. Why not goats?

5.

6. New York subway.

7. Rolling nickel iron doors in planetoids.

8. Shafts for water, temperature control, and air.

9. Wind traps air conditioner.

A. Cow excavator.

B. Planetoid organic expansion.

C. Planetoid ashram.

D. (Architecture) design to enforce control, power and authority.

E. Limit external access, partition interior.

F. Social cohesion and discipline.

 

[Condottiere]

Why Death Still Needs Space in Our Lives [Architecture of Death]

A visual exploration of how architecture, culture, and design shape how we deal with death. From standing burials to digital cemeteries, columbariums to necromaterials, this video uncovers how cities, rituals, and space evolve to help the living mourn, remember, and find meaning in mortality. Featuring Hong Kong, Tokyo, and beyond.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.

Digitalized resurrection.

 

[Condottiere]

The Problem with The Brutalist (As an Architect)

In this video, I dive into The Brutalist and how it powerfully captures the psychology of an architect. Through Laszlo Toth, we explore brutalism, beauty, ego, and sacrifice. I connect his story to real architects like Marcel Breuer, Louis Kahn, and Ernő Goldfinger, and movements like Bauhaus. From architecture school to material honesty and genius loci, this is about why some architects give everything in pursuit of timeless, meaningful design.

1. Architectural psychosis.

2. Ugly fault finding.

3. Truth of the cube.

4. Perfection of the sphere?

5. Bauhaus form follows function.

6.

7. Misanthropy?

8. Cheap, fast, good, aesthetic.

9. Classic.

A. Beauty is the path to truth. Beauty leads to vanity; vanity leads to order; order leads to gratification; gratification leads to disappointment; disappointment leads to truth. I sense much beauty in you.

B.

C. Buildings with souls.

D.

E. Pursuit.

F. Or, obsession.

G. Legacy.

H. Self centered.

I. Egomaniac.

J. Inferiority complex.

K. Unstable.

L. Death of the author.

M. Journey, process, and destination.

 

[Condottiere]

AMAZING VEHICLES YOU SHOULD SEE

Buckle up for a ride into the future! In this video, we unveil 10 AMAZING vehicles you’ve NEVER seen before – from futuristic concept cars, to powerful military machines, jaw-dropping electric supercars, and insane off-road beasts.

These aren’t your average vehicles – these are the most innovative, bizarre, and technologically advanced machines rolling on Earth (and beyond)! Whether you're a car enthusiast, tech lover, or just curious, this video will blow your mind.

Breakaway chassis.

Convertible, in the sense that everything opens up.

I think rescue vehicles could use an extendible airlock, to reach high rise sites.

 

[Condottiere]

What we have Wrong about Living on the Moon [SPACE ARCHITECTURE]

NASA, ESA, China, and Russia are racing to build the first lunar habitat—each with wildly different proposals. From SOM’s inflatable modules to Jun Sato’s origami-inspired lava tube shelters, and even Kajima’s artificial gravity dome, this video explores how architecture shapes our future on the Moon. More than survival, it’s about creating a livable home. Could space architecture teach us better ways of living—both off Earth and back here?

1. Lava tubes.

2. South Pole ice,

3. Failure.

4. External husk?

5. Igloo.

6. Coke priceless.

7. Sinkhole.

8. Canada.

9. Origamied structure.

A. Inflatable modules.

B. Plug in growth.

C. Net support.

D. Surface centrifugal force cucumbers.

E. Gardening.

F. Monotony.

G. Privacy.

H. Placemaking.

I. Homemaker.

J. Technological kickstarter.

 

[Seffix]

Transponders, insurance, and bureaucracy, the things adventure is made of.