SUNGLIDER | KUCZIA

Firm： KUCZIA

Type： Transport + Infrastructure › Train/Subway

STATUS： Concept

SUNGLIDER - the Next-Generation Urban Transit Platform

is about re-inventing public transport in the age of decarbonisation and climate resilience. The metro is to be powered 100% by self-generated solar energy collected by special PV modules on the "roof" of the metro track. The Sunglider is designed to connect the city centre, towns and cities of »Greater Osnabrück«, the paradigm area, on 14 radial and two annular lines, one of them encircling the historic centre. The overhead railway system and power station is designed with tree-like pylons, treetop-like roofs and wooden stops. All made of glulam, locally recycled and manufactured. The architecture is an iconic urban construction creating completely new urban sensations. The PV capacity on the roof is 250 MW; enough to generate 117% of the electricity the Metro requires, saving 300.000t CO2 p.a.. All Metro vehicles are »offsprings« of former Local Motors Olli to avoid expen¬sive prototyping and to save the valuable experien¬ces of this lighthouse-pro¬ject. All vehicles are 3 D-printed in local micro-factories with 100% recyclable organic composite mate¬rials. The wheel set is a roller-coaster transfer to make the vehicles fast and ultra silent. The vehicles get power through induction. The Sunglider is supposed to reduce car traffic by 60 % - if not completely. Mainly because the Metro has a wait-free service control¬led by AI (a glider arrives every 5 Min, day and night just in time) and it is free of charge; the main two arguments why people will leave their cars at home. Sunglider’s economy reduces the investment drastically and cuts O&M costs of public transport. This is offset by unique opportunities: selling huge surplus power, trading CO2 certificates, leasing cargo services. Sunglider disrupts the expensive and backward Public Transport. That’s why Sunglider is free of charge, still making a profit!!

Design Team: Peter Kuczia (Lead Designer), E. Gawell (Structural Form Designer), M. Wrona, M. Yanczuk, A. Waly, A. Wardzinska, J. Kozlik, W. Gorzelewska, A. Stepniewska, P. Banasiak, D. Otten, U. Hartwig, P. Böcker, O. Kubut, R. Effenberger, B. Witkowski, K. Tulkowska-Słyk