Architecture studio MAD has designed a concept for a nature-friendly hyperloop network with raised green walkways alongside tubes topped with a solar panel skin.
MAD designed the solar-powered system for HyperloopTT, one of the two main companies working to build a near-supersonic transportation system.
The proposed design, which also acts as a public space and walkway, aims to demonstrate how "the artificial can merge with nature".
In cities, MAD envisions the transportation system would help connect people to nature by incorporating raised, car-free walkways filled with greenery, while parks and recreation areas would be positioned on the ground below.

The transportation tubes would be covered with bendable solar panel modules that would be used to power the hyperloop itself, as well as a series of LEDs installed along its surface that function as interactive information boards. Bladeless wind turbines intermittently positioned alongside the system would also act as a source of power for the network, lowering overall energy costs.

HyperloopTT tasked MAD with creating a versatile pylon design that would be a structural support for the tubes and could easily be installed across diverse environments, from city centres to farmlands and remote deserts.
Composed of a single-mold fibreglass structure, the pylon supports would lessen the network's physical footprint by raising its functions almost seven meters above the ground, which also eliminates any possible colli...