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    • Ji-Yu Doko
      Seok-won Lee, chairman of the Korean Tunneling and Underground Space Association say “it is regrettable that tunnels and underground space are depicted mostly as darkness, hardship, adversity". Tunnel experts in Korea believe this...
      • Ji-Yu Doko
        By Ji-Yu Doko

        터널·지하공간에 대한 인식 변화 필요

        www.engjournal.co.kr

        [공학저널 김하영 기자] 최근 코로나19로 인해 경기침체에 빠진 건설 산업에서는 사회간접시설(SOC) 투자확대 전망과 더불어 지하공간창출기술의 핵심이 되는 ‘기존 도로의 지하화 또는 대심도 및 대규모 지하공간활용’에 대한 부분이 향후 SOC 시장의 핵심사업이 될 것으로 예측되고 있다.이에 따라 터널·지하공간에 대한 패러다임도 점차 바뀌어가는 추세다. 기존의 터널·지하공간은 어둡고 닫힌 공간이라는 부정적 인식이 대부분이었다.하지만 기술적 문제가...

      • Michael C. Murray
          Into the rock on the side of a mountain directly under the Har HaMenuchot cemetery here lies the entrance to Jerusalem’s newest burial place. It is for 23000 bodies. Expected to be full in a...
        • Roger N.R. Denton

          "how to better use the space below the streets in a city that is just half the size of Los Angeles."

          Multiple floors? Imagination is the limit in underground space.

          • Coert Klomp
            Coert Klomp replied on the discussion topic What lies beneath: Singapore plans a subterranean future

            It means Singapore finally has given up the hopes of buying land from Malaysia and Indonesia.

            The silver lining is; they are looking for how to better use their own patch of land. Thanks to underground spacing... Smart move.

            • Chu Yang
              http://www.ecns.cn/news/cns-wire/2019-09-03/detail-ifznpqie3828083.shtml
              • Michael C. Murray
                  Space-poor Singapore has expanded outwards by building into the sea and upwards by constructing high-rises but planners are now looking underground as they seek new areas for...
                • Coert Klomp
                  By Coert Klomp

                  It means Singapore finally has given up the hopes of buying land from Malaysia and Indonesia.

                  The silver lining is; they are looking for how to better use their own patch of land. Thanks to underground spacing... Smart move.

                • Roger N.R. Denton
                  By Roger N.R. Denton

                  "how to better use the space below the streets in a city that is just half the size of Los Angeles."

                  Multiple floors? Imagination is the limit in underground space.

                • Erdem Mertoğlu
                    Elon Musk wants to drill holes in China. The Tesla founder has tweeted to reveal that his tunnelling and transportation startup, The Boring Company, will be launch in China later this...
                  • Keith Keloe
                    Keith Keloe added a new discussion topic USA: DARPA seeking post-apocalypse tunnels to test
                    DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office is looking for urban, privately managed tunnels, suitable for post-global catastrophe situations. The goal is to find out how “the underground domain” affects humanity, as the request for...
                    • Erdem Mertoğlu
                        The European Space Agency has proposed that it’s possible to build bases in gigantic tunnels buried beneath   the moon’s surface. It’s issued an open call for ideas on how to ‘design a system to detect,...

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