Space Tourism
Architectural and design concepts for human travel, habitation, and infrastructure in space environments.
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.
Deployable Inflatable Mars Habitat: Packing a Free-Plan Home into a Launch-Ready Cylinder
A shortlisted Habitats '20 entry that swaps rigid construction for inflation, unfolding a compact cylinder into flexible rooms on Mars plains and caves.
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.
ORIGYN GAIA: A Self-Expanding Orbital Station Built from Asteroid Material
Adam Hoehne, Jack Hooper, and Ricardo Miguel propose a modular space habitat that grows itself using in-situ resource utilization.
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.
Ascension: A Sensory Architecture Tribute to Apollo 11's Legacy
A boomerang-shaped immersive building in Washington D.C. simulates an astronaut's journey from launch to ocean reentry across three subterranean levels.
Vitro: A Living, Breathing Space Station That Responds to Music, Mood, and Motion
A shortlisted entry reimagines orbital architecture as a fluid, emotionally intelligent organism built from slime-like materials and audio-reactive surface
Daedalus Station: A Self-Building Orbital Habitat That Engineers Its Own Gravity
A toroidal space station in Low Earth Orbit that mines asteroids, simulates Earth gravity through rotation, and scales from 32 to 448 meters.
SPECtre: A Civic Architecture That Puts Space Research on Public Display
A runner-up entry for Moontrip 2019 reimagines the museum as a living laboratory where visitors witness spacecraft science in real time.
Spacetrip: An Underground Descent That Simulates a Journey Through the Solar System
A spiral subterranean structure organizes four planetary levels around a glowing glass sphere to bring cosmic scale down to Earth.
The Search for More: A Space Center Built on Curiosity and Kinesthetic Learning
Two orthogonal programmatic bars meet a curvilinear core to create an immersive journey from interactive exhibits to open sky.
