num_pages: 325
description: With the moon as a metaphor, Khalili takes us from the poetic moon of the ghettos of his childhood to the scientific moon of his presentations to NASA for lunar base construction using on-site earth and ceramics. He chronicles his own transformation renouncing his successful architecture practice and voyaging into the desert, ultimately firing and glazing the first Ceramic Houses. Inspired by the mystic poetry of Rumi, and the unity of the universal elements of earth, water, air, and fire, with his technical background he presents his proposals for earth and ceramics lunar bases to NASA.
language: English
title: Sidewalks on the Moon: The Journey of a Mystic Architect through Tradition, Technology and Transformation
titlecomplete: Sidewalks on the Moon: The Journey of a Mystic Architect through Tradition, Technology and Transformation
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Cal-Earth Press