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Halley VI (Britain)<\/p><\/div>\n

Inspired by Archigram\u2019s 1964\u00a0<\/i>\u201cWalking City\u201d<\/a>\u00a0idea, Britain\u2019s Halley VI is the world\u2019s first relocatable polar research station. The station is comprised of interlinked modules clad in glass-reinforced plastic – the central red module is the unit\u2019s social centre containing, among other things, a lounge bar and a hydroponic garden \u2013 and looks like a freight train on stilts.\u00a0\u00a0Earlier British units were either crushed or buried in snow, after the crew had moved out thankfully, so architect\u00a0Hugh Broughton<\/a>\u00a0designed this one to sit above the ground on hydraulic ski-based legs enabling it to move out of harm\u2019s way should the occasion arise. Like Archigram\u2019s conceptual robotic, self-propelled communities that could relocate in search of resources, this self-contained community can waddle off for safer ground, not on its own mind you but pulled by bulldozers. Watch the video to see Halley VI being built.<\/p>\n