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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HB2 | MARS SCIENCE CITY
PHASES
Phase I Arrival of the Robots (2030-2035)
The first rocket arrives with self-sufficient unpressurized
digging-, transportation- and building -robots; inflatables,
deployables, hut doors, nuclear fusion reactors, solar panels,
batteries, life support systems like MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-
Situ Utilization Experiment), ECLLS (Environmental Control
and Life Support System) and HVAC (Heating, Ventilation
and Air Conditioning Systems), as well as chosen plants and
eggs to create a self-sustaining ecosystem.
The robots start mining resources which are used for
building the first 3 huts. A few different layers are used to
make an easy robot-friendly building manufacturing possible.
Martian concrete is used as the first in-situ-resource.
Phase II Arrival of the Humans
Surviving and Exploring (2035-2038)
The 3 built huts are connected by using deployables. The
second rocket arrives with 6 future inhabitants, they start
installing necessary equipment in their huts. 3 more huts
are built by the robots to extend the habitat.
Phase III Surviving and Researching
(2038-2045)
The first habitat is completed. A new in-situ-productionchain
has been launched to fabricate Polyethylen, which
is used as an additional protection layer against cosmic
radiation and solar flares. It is also used as reinforcement
for the Martian concrete to be able to construct larger
buildings.
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