The walking city
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Archigram members
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London based designers Warren Chalk, Dennis Crompton, Peter Crook, Ron Herron, Michael Webb and David Greene formed the group, Archigram. Archigram was founded in 1961 and have inspired many contemporary Architects and still continue to inspire futuristic designs till date.
Initially proposed by British Architect Ron Herron, The proposition of Walking City were massive, mobile structures that could roam freely, moving to places where they were needed. The concept would also allow various walking cities to interconnect, forming a free moving metropolis. It was supposed to behave like a robot, having an artificial intelligence to also move to places where they can find required resources.
Ron Herron
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This project imagines people having no boundaries and borders like the conventional buildings, thus allowing people to lead a nomadic lifestyle, travelling around the world in the walking city. It was inspired by NASA's launch pads, science fiction comics and hovercrafts. It was planned to be an amphibious structure, being able to both travel on land as well as sea.
Today's moving cities
Although different from what Ron Herron had originally designed, today's "moving cities" are no less spectacular. Modern creations such as aircraft carriers are a loose concept of Ron's walking city. Certain aircraft carriers may hold up to 6000 people and can measure up to 400 meters. Another modern creation would be large cruise liners. These can hold many people with amenities such as shopping malls. However, these are not made for long term living, unlike the aircraft carriers and Ron Herron's concept. A serious attempt to create a permanent living out at sea was made, the concept is called seasteading.
An Aircraft carrier
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Cruise liner
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Seastead concept. A new kind of living on the sea.
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