According to Ma Yansong and his bureau MAD, the tubes for Hyperloop "trains" - essentially capsules moving at speeds of up to 1200 km / h in thin air - are placed in a "casing" and raised above the ground.
Ma Yansong has always been interested in the topic of modern "organic" architecture, which is well combined with the natural environment and interprets natural forms, therefore the forms of this structure are streamlined, it does not disturb the existing environment and takes up a minimum of space - as it is raised on seven-meter supports.
Concrete poles with seismic isolators support the glass fiber reinforced plastic casing. Inside there is a steel "channel", and in it - pipes for capsules made of post-stressed reinforced concrete. An LED signaling system is laid on the sides of the casing.
The "green" part of the project is the flexible solar panels covering the casing and the accompanying "pipeline" in suitable areas, bladeless wind turbines: they must provide the Hyperloop with energy.
In the urban environment, this theme is still expanding: green pedestrian paths will be laid on the roof of the "casing", and the bases of the supports are used for "urban farms" (fertility will be provided by lighting from LEDs powered by solar energy). Parks and other recreational areas can be created under the tunnel.
The customer of the project was the company
HyperloopTT (Hyperloop Transportation Technologies): This is one of the firms that develop the idea of Elon Musk, but are not officially affiliated with him in any way. Note that MAD is not the first well-known architects to develop designs for the Hyperloop system, among them Fernando Romero and BIG (both for Hyperloop One) and UNStudio (Hardt Hyperloop).
HyperloopTT is known for its plans to create a route between Vienna and Bratislava, an experimental 320-meter pipeline in Toulouse, projects in India and China.
