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The first thing an architect would notice about building in space is the pull of gravity -- or rather the lack thereof! A freely-falling space home in Earth orbit can take a wider variety of basic shapes than homes on the planet below.
"It's in free fall, so there's no need to say 'this is up' and 'this is down' from the standpoint of the station's architecture and structural integrity," said Kornel Nagy, structural and mechanical systems manager for the International Space Station (ISS) at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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