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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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3.2
Keeping
sane in
space
As with all space travel, being far from
home, living in confined and high stress
environments, having limited social
interactions and working high risk jobs
under intense public scrutiny are bound to
take a toll on the Mars inhabitants mentally 24
(Morris, 2017). Aside, major disruptions to
human physiology including sleep changes,
radiation exposure, and gravity shifts, are
potential reasons for change in human
behavior.
Regardless of the precision of engineering
or the success rate of experiments, a mission
could still fail due to the human factor. In
view of a Mars outpost, inhabitants will be
living and working closely with each other
for a minimum of 26 months, the time frame
between which trips can be made to and fro
Earth due to the Earth-Mars orbit alignment.
Any breakdown of an individual places a
risk on both the mission and the crew, which
potentially disrupts the entire functionality of
the community. As the state of one’s mental
health is unpredictable, it is important that
measures are in place to reduce the risk of
mental health issues in space.
To understand the potential psychological
and sociological effects on the future Mar’s
inhabitants, we can study the welfare that is
taken into consideration during spaceflights,
which includes physical, psychological,
interpersonal, and psychiatric issues. Through
several studies, the NASA Human Research
Program 25 (Mars, 2021) has summarized a
list of spaceflight hazard related issues and
its potential countermeasures.
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