Raygun Gothic

So it started out with my researching my favorite types of architecture. I figure, if im gonna put the time into building my own house, why not make it something i'll love? So i love old school mad-scientist laboratory lookin stuff. Ancient lookin stuff. Most definitely, futuristic lookin stuff that is strangely alien, especially in a forest or some natural environment. I've always loved streamline moderne stuff, and some art deco stuff too. Also, as it turns out, something called "googie". Turns out the specific genre i like has a name; Raygun Gothic, as in jet-age futuristic art-kitexture. So i found this above building amidst a series of other awesome ones. And i thought; extend the blue/green parts all the way down to the ground, and have the red part end above an entrance of sometype, perhaps one like this:

And take out the actual colors, cept maybe for the red one, and cover the cement sides/back with the same layered shiny parts, perhaps a fiberglass? yes a fiberglass cover over a cob core.


And then i decided to move on the same idea as my bro and made a decision.

I have decided upon the purpose of the first building i will build. A power station. Using a combination of fiberglassing and cob i can make practically weatherproof buildings in a raygun gothic/art deco architecture style.


But what kind? A steam-generator/solar heating unit with a parabolic mirror concentrating the suns rays to heat the water to steam. Nah, sounds too problematic. How about a wind/solar arrangement. Wait, i know, i need a trickle power unit powering a simple timer-circuit that fires electromagnets to keep a large copper-coil rotating. By timing the when an electromagnet is on, you can easily provide a constant pull just ahead of the natural magnet attatched to a center rotating disk/core. And since the circuit should always be on, after initial startup, with the properly fabricated axle, either by bearings or whatever provides smooth, frictionless movement that will last, one could keep a generator(coil) core spinning and thus have a constant supply of electricity. A timing circuit that requires the least amount of power once its on would be a resonant circuit, perfect for a timing circuit anyways.

Using wind to keep the timing/firing circuits going would all thats really necessary, actually. One might actually use solar to be a recharge say to keep some artificial iron magnets (you ever wrapped a coil around a nail, then even after you stopped playing with it the nail itself kept some magnetic "charge" so to speak? (quantum alignment would be a better description) One could make custom sized very large magnets on some giant 10' wide copper coil disk-core rotating on a car axle. Core design would be based on whatever would be easier to maintain, i personally think a drum core would last longer and has less chance of becoming unbalanced over time of spinning at a high speed, continuously, but a disc-core has the advantage of needing less force to keep it going once its up to speed. Come on, really high speeds are attainable here with the proper forethought put into longevity of the device. Resonant tuning of the circuit, with an outside power source it would be like constantly turning up the volume on the stereo. A maximum would have to be built in, hopefully mechanically reinforced, to keep it from breaking.

With a trickle storage supply that could be recharged daily by solar cells would keep the necessity of having a super crazy expensive wind-generator that requires expensive upkeep. I want something thats gonna provide centuries of service, and hopefully i can afford a good fiberglass shell made of something that will be weatherproof. I mean, if we can make boat-hulls that survive sea-water, and sunlight, then i'm sure a shiny exterior on a building can last through snow too. And with a Cob core to provide some structural support and insulation, this sounds really doable. By making this the first building i build, it will obviously have an efficiency built in, just in case it has to be used as a living quarters for someone in teh future. A bunk, a closet, and a can/bottle pantry. I think i'm gonna make that stock in every building; room enough for at least 1 person to live.

In retrospect, additional power would be needed to keep a just as long-lasting monitoring device on as well. Some meters measuring and displaying the power production, and perhaps the draw on the system as well, and any meters for fluids or such that might be needed. Im mostly sure that a good car axle and bearings can keep a large weight rotating for a long ass time with minimal upkeep.

So i have some research to do on high load bearings, turn out the math real quick on the timing for the circuit, which would be based on the diameter of the core and the potential top speed/running speed. Thats the first thing. come up with a feasible size to our production costs, figure out the power production at 100%, and design it to stay at 75-80% capacity with the option to turn it up higher should some event arise that needs such a jolt of power. Probably leave some connections open later for a capacitance addition that will let me draw a large pop of power without damaging the system with any negative voltage. (reverse pressure! oh noes!)

It might also be easier to have say, several several small, long cylindrical rotors instead of one ginormouse one, though the potential running power of the larger one, once its moving, might outclass a synchornous horde. So thats worth some test math.

the power consumption of the circuit will decide the details of the wind-generator. The timing side will be negligible, though the electromagnets might be a larger draw than first assumed, though once a high running speed is attained, the actual time the electromagnet will be on will be miniscule. The distance and alignment, basically the closer i can get the elctromagnet to the natural magnet, the less power i have to use to induce the magnetic field (strength is a square of distance) which would be very helpful. So thats some engineering time. ie: math.

Now a custom inductor can be made, but that would mean that the overall in the charged system would be crazy high; ie dangerous. So i couldn't let any old person wander around or be exposed to it without warning if they enter said power station, so that'll be the largest part of actual inner-architecture; properly shielding people inside the station from the generator. so thats easy too! Thicker walls, and one can just run the electrical wiring deep within the walls. Inner lighting would be LED, of course. Last forever and uses negligible amount of power.

I'm gonna have to figure out how to order a bulk amount of bare copper wire, so i don't have to pay some incredible amount of money ot have someone else wrap it for me. I can make a support device out of friggin would and run the spool of wire onto a custom made core, which would probably have to be a welded frame of some sort, as i wouldn't be made of enough money to order a custom designed core, or cast one myself....Good thing the parts are all REALLY simple and therefor extremely easy to make out of readily available materials. I still think a disc is the best idea for a core; the length of the perimter allows for a greater amount of electromagnets; and the more magnets the less power each individual magnet will require, and thus a resonant circuit (since it'll be a tuned circuit) will keep it all extremely low on the consumption side.

I wonder ....i bet some speaker magnets would be great for natural magnets, and they would only have to be on the surface of the disc, and so if i made like a super thing little pie wedge to fit between the magnets, i could make a ring around a disc with copper coil wound around spokes to the center.... And it would be thick enough to have a good enough grip on the center axle. The biggest thing would be precision of manufacture; i would want it to be extremely well balanced. So its a good thing i know other smart people to check my work.... :D

then with my own power station, i can have a 24 hour super-greenhouse that manages itself. I am all about industrial automation. But the next building after the powerhouse will be the first room of the main house. I'll live in it, it'll be small, with a large covered porch extending out into the garden-house. Think Biodome? lol....except since its a dedicated greenhouse it will just be like a wrapping hallway that goes upwards. Enough room for the plants in rows to face the sun, architecturally designed to face the trail of the sun over the course of the year, possibly with some good automatic windows to provide the right amount of sunlight. I mean insulating windows aren't too expensive, at least they're cheaper than buying rows n rows of lights. Automated hydroponics systems would have to be maintained with food/water and filtration cleaning, but thats not too bad. Thats what robots are for :)

Though i have no idea how to actually sythensize my own hydroponics solutions yet, that can be left open for later. I mean, what I CAN do now would be to (LOL hahaha) setup an account with a company that does, and with the extra money coming in from selling excess power to the government, i can have a delivery schedule from a hydroponics company, and have the delivery box automated to open the packaging, discard of it, and add the food to the system. :) I can save the self-synthesization for when i figure out how to grow plants to use as food for the other plants :) or mine it out of the environment properly/efficiently. Til then, might as well use people as part of the natural environment.

ya know, for some reason i haven't seen Metropolis yet. the ye olde fritz lang film. this needs to be remedied.

catch you on the flip.

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