Moon Base 2124 (2020)

Melodie Yashar is a designer, researcher, and co-founder of SEArch+ / Space Exploration Architecture, a practice dedicated to developing human-supporting concepts for space exploration. Along with her SEArch+ colleagues and over twelve subject-matter experts, SEArch+ was the winner of NASA’s Phase 1 Centennial Challenge for a 3D-Printed Habitat on Mars. SEArch+ continued investigations of Martian Ice habitats in collaboration with NASA Langley in the Mars Ice Home Feasibility as well as Risk Reduction studies. Melodie leads SEArch+ and Apis Cor’s continued participation within NASA’s Phase III 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Melodie attended Art Center College of Design as an undergraduate and received a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University as well as a Master in Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP. Melodie has worked as a contractor specializing in human factors with the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames, as well as a design and materials researcher within CMU’s Morphing Matter Lab. Melodie’s work operates at the intersection of experiential, narrative, and interaction design practices; her ongoing research explores intelligent and augmented environments, telerobotics and automated construction technologies, as well as emerging technologies considering design for the human body. SEArch+ / Space Exploration Architecture

Moon Hoon was born in 1968, in Sangdong Gangwon_do, lived his teenage years in Tasmania, Australia. He was educated in architecture in Korea, and US at MIT, also had work experience in both countries. He has been running his studio Moon_Bal_Sso since 2001. And he is co-representative of Mooyuki Architects since 2018. He is interested in breaking the boundaries of architecture by experimenting_crashing, fusing, mixing, and so forth_ with various other disciplines. He is open minded about boundaries of architecture. His major works include Rock It Suda, Two Moon, S_Mahal, Wind House, and Sangsang Museum which was awarded KIA prize for year 2005. His drawings have been acquired by Museum of Modern Art in NY and Tchoban Foundation in Berlin. He also makes short films related to his architecture with the desire to expand the expressive potential of Architecture.