Space Construction
Architectural and spatial design projects that construct environments through structural innovation and material exploration.
LUNA BASE: A Lunar Settlement Organised Like a Solar System Around a Planted Core
Corinna Kollert's shortlisted Moon Base 2124 entry rings geodesic domes around a garden dome, turning vegetation into the base's infrastructure.
Lunar Spiral: A Fibonacci-Driven Moon Settlement Rising from Shackleton Crater
Golden-spiral geometry organises buried infrastructure and orbiting habitable spheres into a lunar base designed to grow as life on the Moon expands.
STELLAR-1: A Dandelion-Inspired Orbital Refuge Built for Humanity's Eventual Return to Earth
A space elevator and porous lattice shells turn an orbital colony into infrastructure that safeguards people, seeds and knowledge until Earth heals.
Shell+Core Carve a Brutalist Coffee House and Concept Store from Raw Concrete in Dubai
Koncrete Space on Jumeirah's Dar Al Wasl road merges specialty coffee, curated retail, and a sunken majlis into 215 square meters of raw finishes.
FHHH Friends Wraps a Seoul Music Academy in a Faceted White Shell That Echoes Its Interior Logic
A 1,270-square-meter preparatory academy in Seoul stacks soundproof practice rooms inside an angular volume that reshapes its block.
ADINJU Muhhe Studio Carves a Sunlit Gallery from a 1980s Nanjing Factory Shell
East Gallery's new 680-square-meter space in Nanjing preserves industrial scale while channeling afternoon light onto white exhibition walls.
From Shipbuilding to Space: A Design Journal
built as a vessel, experienced as space
SPACEPORT: A Bird's Nest Terminal for India's Commercial Launch Coast at Kulasekharapatnam
A thesis spaceport at Kulasekharapatnam layers launch pads, runway and public terminal into a woven, nest-like gateway between civilians and orbit.
Collision: Where Orbital Mechanics Shape a Space Architecture Learning Lab
A three-lobed immersive facility weaves AR planetariums and natural courtyards into a narrative of cosmic balance and earthly fragility.
Space Odyssey: Simulating a Mission to Space on Washington's Anacostia Riverfront
A three-phase architectural sequence of preparation, journey, and discovery transforms NASA's backyard into an immersive space experience.
SPEC: A Spacecraft-Shaped Learning Centre That Teaches Space Science Through Spatial Narrative
Jacqueline Kissler's shortlisted Moontrip 2019 entry stacks scientific disciplines into a building that moves like a launch sequence.
