Inside; Mars [Architectural Thesis]
INSIDE ; MARS is a vision for a Mars outpost that is designed as a permanent working and living settlement in anticipation of increased human migration to Mars. With the accelerating growth and development with regards to space travel and Mars exploration, it is inevitable that humans will be setting foot on Mars, and a living habitat will need to be established. Yet, there is a lack of design catered to a martian habitat that integrates the social and psychological aspects of living in Mars, especially for the establishment of a colony that will be required to live on Mars for a minimum of 2 years before the next space flight back. Thus, this thesis will be a design exploration for architecture unique to Mars that would allow residents to not just survive, but thrive in correlation with the Mars environment.
INSIDE ; MARS is a vision for a Mars outpost that is designed as a permanent working and living settlement in anticipation of increased human migration to Mars. With the accelerating growth and development with regards to space travel and Mars exploration, it is inevitable that humans will be setting foot on Mars, and a living habitat will need to be established. Yet, there is a lack of design catered to a martian habitat that integrates the social and psychological aspects of living in Mars, especially for the establishment of a colony that will be required to live on Mars for a minimum of 2 years before the next space flight back. Thus, this thesis will be a design exploration for architecture unique to Mars that would allow residents to not just survive, but thrive in correlation with the Mars environment.
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1.5°C 2°C
Extreme heat 14% 37%
Global population exposed to severe heat
at least once every 5 years
Sea-ice-free arctic
At least 1 every
100 years
At least 1 every
10 years
Number of ice-free summers
Sea level rise
0.40 0.46
metres
metres
Amount of sea level rise by 2100
Species loss: Vertebrates
4% 8%
Vertebrates that lose at least half of their
range
Species loss: Plants
8% 16%
Plants that lose at least half of their range
Species loss: Insects
6% 18%
Insects that lose at least half of their range
Ecosystems
7% 13%
Amount of Earth’s land area where
ecosystems will shift to a new biome
Permafrost
4.8 6.6
million km 2 million km 2
Amount of Arctic permafrost that will
thaw
Crop yields
3% 7%
Reduction in maize harvests in the tropics
Coral reefs
70-90% 99%
“Code red for
Further decline in coral reefs
humanity”
Fisheries
1.5 3
million tons
million tons
Decline in marine fisheries