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Description

Sleepy talks about underground Construction and the Renaissance. Mastering how we use the space here is going to benefit us when we explore other planets. We talk about:
- Problems of underground space
- Underground Space Design
- Projects of note
- technology
- A proposal
Reference:
Underground Space Design
By John Carmody and Raymond Sterling
Beijing’s "rat tribe" in basement apartments
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/beijings-rat-tribe-chinese-dream-goes-underground
the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
https://www.seedvault.no/
Singapore
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/underground-city-movement-singapore-helskini
London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel
https://www.tideway.london/the-tunnel/
Tokyo’s G-Cans Project -
https://www.architecturelab.net/tokyo-has-the-largest-underground-water-tank-in-the-world/
Cappadocia
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/incredible-rock-houses-and-underground-cities-cappadocia-001394
Urbanization
https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization
0:00:00 Story
0:01:23 Introduction
0:03:27 Understanding and Usage
0:09:03 Misc Projects
0:13:01 Hurdles
0:17:31 Misc Projects
0:19:31 Problems
0:20:31 Beijing’s "rat tribe"
0:23:02 Design Solutions
0:36:21 Pioneers
0:37:58 Tunneling Technology
0:42:18 Proposal