Zaha Hadid Architects has signed an agreement with Hyperloop Italia to co-design the next phase of development for the transformative transportation system.
Hyperloop Italia is a start-up born from an initiative by Bibop Gresta, the founder of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), to disseminate and implement hyperloop technologies and infrastructures in Italy. HTT was founded in 2013 and has a global team of more than 800 engineers, creatives, and technology experts divided into 52 multidisciplinary teams and with 50 partners between companies and universities. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in North and South America, the MIddle East, and Europe. According to Hyperloop Italia, it is the first company in the world to have an exclusive license for the commercial implementation of the Hyperloop project in Italy.
The hyperloop train will be able to travel approximately 760 miles per hour, able to transport passengers safely, economically, and sustainably. The hyperloop uses passive magnetic levitation technology powered entirely by renewables. It sends passenger and cargo capsules through low-pressure tubes to minimize friction, requiring only a fraction of the energy needed to power traditional modes of public transport.
As stated on Hyperloop Italia’s site, “The combination of renewable energy, solar, wind, geothermal and regenerative brake systems make this technology unique in that it is capable of producing more energy than it consumes.” In addition, its climate-controlled passenger capsules travel in sealed tubes and are, thus, protected from external conditions.
It is reported that Zaha Hadid Architects will carry out a station design, however, the location of this project has not been disclosed. And, they will reportedly develop a sustainable method for integrating the hyperloop system into urban and rural environments.
"We are looking forward to collaborating with Hyperloop Italia; marrying transformative architecture, engineering and urban planning with the most efficient and sustainable transport network to significantly improve accessibility, connectivity, and well-being in our cities," said Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher. "We share Hyperloops Italia's multidisciplinary approach which combines innovations in design and operational technologies with advances in ecologically sound materials and construction practices; enabling us to deliver future-resilient projects that are inventive, structurally efficient and environmentally sustainable."
Hyperloop Italia is currently conducting a feasibility study on a possible route between Milan and the city’s Malpensa airport, where the system could cut the journey time from forty minutes to ten.
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and all this time I though Zaha had died
Who knew that zombies could still crank out projects?
Their firm's aesthetic is perfect for this job. Futurism 2.0
Might just be me but I'd be extremely uncomfortable traveling in a pod with no windows.
None of the real-world problems of the hyperloop have been addressed. And I'm not talking about tech, I'm talking about human factors such as safety. Musk should be the first one to ride in an 800 mph vacuum tube, just as he should lead the expedition to Mars.
Right, on a much bigger level I don't see the need for "the next generation" of transport when simply building out a better network of the current generation would solve like 90% of the problem.
Nobody talks about in-between time/space being ejected or greatly reduced from the experience of the mind. Anybody here?
Air travel expands or compresses time depending on direction - north/south has no effect. But the transitory unreality remains, like extended elevator time.
not sure if this is what you mean, Orhan, but if you are talking about how a city or country is understood when its mostly seen after popping up from the underground...then, yeah, it's something i noticed after years in tokyo. I know Shibuya insanely well, but only around the station, underground and above. I always have a hard time getting there above ground though, because my sense of place is not connected to the streets. But drop me off anywhere in Tokyo and I can get there through the subway system, no worries. It has struck me as a weird side effect of living with mobility that is not derived from life above ground. It's not a bad thing, but is different, no doubt.
for what its worth, ZHA seems a natural fit for the hyperloop.
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