Spaceship
Architectural and design explorations of spacecraft, space stations, and vessels as habitable environments and conceptual frameworks.
Spaceship design encompasses the architectural challenges of creating functional environments for space travel and habitation. Members explore both the practical engineering of spacecraft and space stations alongside the philosophical dimensions of vessels as self-contained worlds.
The community examines spaceships through diverse lenses: as immersive experiential journeys, as metaphors for social and civilizational systems, and as design problems requiring innovation in material, structure, and human experience. Work ranges from speculative space missions to underground installations that simulate cosmic travel.
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View all 12 journalsLuigi Rosselli Architects Brings a Sydney Pole House Down to Earth with Rammed Earth and Harbor Views
A four-storey Mosman residence burrows into a rocky hillside, replacing stilts with rammed earth walls that anchor the home to its landscape.
From Shipbuilding to Space: A Design Journal
built as a vessel, experienced as space
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.
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.