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{{Short description|Art project and book by Christian Waldvogel}}
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[[Image:Globus Cassus Ortho.png|thumb|Top and side view of the Globus Cassus]]
'''Globus Cassus''' is an art project and book by Swiss architect and artist Christian Waldvogel presenting a conceptual transformation of [[Earth|planet Earth]] into a much bigger, hollow, [[Artificial planet|artificial world]] with an [[Earth's spheres|ecosphere]] on its inner surface.<ref>{{cite book
| publisher=Lars Müller Publishers
| first=Christian
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| date=3 September 2004
| isbn=3-03778-045-2
}}</ref> It was the Swiss contribution to the 2004 [[Venice Biennale of Architecture|Venice Architecture Biennale]] and was awarded the gold medal in the category "Most beautiful books of the World" at the [[Leipzig Book Fair]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/venice04/ch.html
|title = 9th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, 2004
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230949/http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/venice04/ch.html
|archive-date = 2007-09-26
}}</ref>
|url=http://www.globus-cassus.org/index.php?International%20Globus%20Cassus%20Society
|title=International Globus Cassus Society
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}}</ref> As of August 2012, the Globus Cassus wiki is no longer operational.
==Properties==
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{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+Comparison to Earth{{Cn|date=May 2024}}
!
! Globus Cassus
! [[Earth]]
|-
| [[Diameter]]
| 85,000 km
| 15[[%]]
|-
| Diameter with cables
| 318,000 km
| —
|-
| Diameter of [[Moon|Moon's]] [[orbit]]
|
| equal
|-
| Total [[mass]]
| 5.973[[scientific notation|×10<sup>24</sup>]] kg
| equal
|-
| [[Water]] mass
| 1.35×10<sup>18</sup> kg
| equal
|-
| Average depth of [[sea]]
| 3250 m
| 3960 m
|-
| [[Earth's atmosphere|Atmosphere]]
|
| equal
|-
|
| 827 kg/m<sup>3</sup>
| 667%
|-
| Total (inner) [[surface area]]
| 9.620×10<sup>9</sup> km<sup>2</sup>
| 2.22%
|-
| Covered with water
| 7.223×10<sup>8</sup> km<sup>2</sup>
| 47%
|-
| Habitable area
| 5.413×10<sup>8</sup> km<sup>2</sup>
| 11.11%
|}
The proposed megastructure would incorporate all of Earth's matter. Sunlight would enter through two large windows, and [[gravity]] would be simulated by the [[centrifugal effect]]. Humans would live on two vast regions that face each other and that are connected through the empty center. The [[hydrosphere]] and [[Earth's atmosphere|atmosphere]] would be retained on its inside. The ecosphere would be restricted to the [[equator]]ial zones, while at the low-gravity [[Tropics|tropic]] zones a thin atmosphere would allow only for plantations. The [[polar region]]s would have neither gravity nor atmosphere and would therefore be used for storage of raw materials and microgravity production processes.
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==Construction process==
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Starting at four precisely defined points in the [[geostationary orbit]], four [[space elevators]] are built. Eventually they become massive towers, each measuring several hundred kilometers in diameter and extending to a length of about 165,000 km. The towers contain elevators which are used to transport silicate building material to the construction sites at geostationary orbit.
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===Plant growth===
The remaining Earth core is dismantled to build the shells that lie in the pole regions. During this process, the massive heat radiation of the core accelerates plant growth and therefore aids the process of establishing a functioning [[biosphere]].
==Literature==
[[Image:Globus Cassus 2004 book cover.jpg|thumb|Book cover]]
*''Globus Cassus'', Lars Müller Publishers, with contributions by [[Boris Groys]], [[Claude Lichtenstein]], [[Michael Stauffer]] and Christian Waldvogel. Awarded the gold medal in international competition "Best designed books from all over the World 2004", ({{ISBN|3-03778-045-2}})
==See also==
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* {{annotated link|Terraforming}}
* {{annotated link|Rendezvous with Rama|''Rendezvous with Rama''}}
==References==
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* [http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=926 ''Damn Interesting'' review of Globus Cassus]
[[Category:Megastructures]]
[[Category:Planetary engineering]]
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