Mars Science City – Space Architecture Design Studio 2020
The Mars Science City design studio topic fits into the long-term vision to build a human settlement on Mars. The students were first asked to look far into the future and imagine what a city on Mars would be like. How do they think people would live in about 100 years on another planet? What would they take with them from Earth, and what would they want to see totally different? The student teams have developed a conceptual vision of this city. In parallel they researched and worked on the environmental, technical and social challenges of getting to and being on Mars. Each team was asked to identify three major challenges and / or characteristics, based on their vision. What would be needed to start the settlement in order to become the city they have imagined? This was the most challenging part for the student’s teams, and became the starting point for the individual architectural solutions of the near-term project on Mars. Design Task S. 6 Teaching Team S. 16 The Students S. 24 Projects DUNE S. 30 Moving Mars S. 42 Terra Mars S. 54 AB-ORIGO S. 66 Protocity S. 76 Dune Haranea S. 86 Lighthouse S. 94 Arcadia City S. 104 Apoikia S. 114 Adventus S. 122 Ice Age S. 138 Teaching Team: Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger (Studio Director), Alexander S., Bannova O., Bier H., Bishop S., Ciardullo C., Esfand M., Farmwald L., Frischauf N., Gourlis B., Grömer G., Kahr F., Lamborelle O., Makaya A., Nixon D., Perino M., Russ C., Schechtner K., Schwehm G., Wong D.; Students: Binder D., Brajic A., Gojkovic B., Brückler A., Hamzic E., Kaprinayova E., Stauber B., Vorraber J., Podwalski K., Adnan M., Trinca E., Ahr S., Bula M., Ivanonva M., Stoyanova S., Graf J., Kugic A., Neumerkel R., Vecerdi M., Glinac M., Ramovic A., Schneider G., Ajdari S., Mujedini X., Gündar J.
The Mars Science City design studio topic fits into the long-term vision to build a human settlement on Mars. The students were first asked to look far into the future and imagine what a city on Mars would be like. How do they think people would live in about 100 years on another planet? What would they take with them from Earth, and what would they want to see totally different? The student teams have developed a conceptual vision of this city. In parallel they researched and worked on the environmental, technical and social challenges of getting to and being on Mars. Each team was asked to identify three major challenges and / or characteristics, based on their vision. What would be needed to start the settlement in order to become the city they have imagined? This was the most challenging part for the student’s teams, and became the starting point for the individual architectural solutions of the near-term project on Mars.
Design Task S. 6
Teaching Team S. 16
The Students S. 24
Projects
DUNE S. 30
Moving Mars S. 42
Terra Mars S. 54
AB-ORIGO S. 66
Protocity S. 76
Dune Haranea S. 86
Lighthouse S. 94
Arcadia City S. 104
Apoikia S. 114
Adventus S. 122
Ice Age S. 138
Teaching Team: Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger (Studio Director), Alexander S., Bannova O., Bier H., Bishop S., Ciardullo C., Esfand M., Farmwald L., Frischauf N., Gourlis B., Grömer G., Kahr F., Lamborelle O., Makaya A., Nixon D., Perino M., Russ C., Schechtner K., Schwehm G., Wong D.;
Students: Binder D., Brajic A., Gojkovic B., Brückler A., Hamzic E., Kaprinayova E., Stauber B., Vorraber J., Podwalski K., Adnan M., Trinca E., Ahr S., Bula M., Ivanonva M., Stoyanova S., Graf J., Kugic A., Neumerkel R., Vecerdi M., Glinac M., Ramovic A., Schneider G., Ajdari S., Mujedini X., Gündar J.
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APOIKA
LOCATION
To provide the necessary Sulfur for the Martian
concrete we chose our location based on the amount
of sulfur in the top layer of the Martian surface to
reduce energy for mining and transportation. The
yellow area shows a sulfur proportion of over 3%.
Our settlement will start near the Herschel Crater (14.7S,
129.7E).
Elysium Mons
Isidis Planitia
Herschel Crater
Hellas Planitia
Olympus Mons
FUTURE CITY
Core
The Core provides the main
infrastructure and distributes
resources and goods to the entire
city. It connects the city vertically
with elevators and horizontally
with a railway system to the
outsourced factories and spaceport.
The diameter of the dome will be
about 1600 m to provide enough
space for the residents.
City - 30.000 residents
It provides the Martians with
everything they need; like homes
(privacy), society, culture (art, music,
theatre), restaurants, entertaining
(cinema, club), hospital, sport facilities
and education facilities. Because of
the optimal dimensions, travelling
inside the city will done by foot and
bicycle.
Map, the yellow area shows a high sulfur appearance
Atmosphere 1,70m²
It provides the Martians with a big
functioning ecosystem similar to the
one on Earth; with free space for
outside activities like swimming and
climbing. There will be parks, a forest, a
lake, a beach and a zoo. Birds, insects,
changing weather and temperature
will also play a vital role.
core
city
atmosphere
shelter
0 100m 500m 1000m
airlock
railway
Phase IV 2070 Phase V 2095
Phase VI
Glass
Wood, Steel, Fiber
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Future City
conceptual section through the future city
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