Space Habitat
Architectural design and planning for human habitation in space environments, from orbital stations to planetary surfaces.
Space habitat design explores how humans can live and work beyond Earth, addressing challenges of isolation, resource constraints, and extreme environments. Designers develop structures that balance functionality with livability across lunar, Martian, and orbital contexts.
The community examines deployable systems, self-sustaining ecosystems, and adaptive architectures that respond to extraterrestrial conditions. Projects range from inflatable Mars habitats and asteroid mining stations to expandable orbital structures and dome-based lunar settlements.
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View all 63 journalsOASIS: A Spherical Underwater Habitat Engineered for Life on the Pacific Shelf
A 16.6-meter geodesic sphere proposes self-sufficient living 200 meters below the Pacific, turning structure into landscape.
Lunar Stalactite: A Habitat That Grows Downward From the Moon's Ceiling
Suspended inside a lava tube beneath the lunar surface, this colony inverts settlement logic by hanging architecture from cavern rock.
Algal Realm: A Lunar Habitat Where Biology Replaces Machinery
Bioengineered algae drive oxygen production, construction, food supply, and energy generation in this speculative Moon settlement.
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.