San Francisco start-up GRU Space has released plans for a hotel on the moon clad in lunar regolith bricks that it claims will be “the first ever permanent off-Earth structure built in history” if completed. The GRU lunar hotel concept would be established in phases, according to Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) with the
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This month’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter reports on the developing field of space architecture and features an interview with Stirling shortlisted Clementine Blakemore. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth today! This month, leading figures in space architecture convened in Milan to formally establish the discipline for the first time. Ellen Eberhardt reports on what’s at stake. In
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This week, leading figures in space architecture will descend on Milan to formally establish the discipline for the first time. Ellen Eberhardt explores what’s at stake. Space-related architecture has seen an explosion in activity over the past few years, with the development of off-earth construction methods, zero-gravity interior design and even a dedicated masters’ programme.
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Boston non-profit Aurelia Institute has created a pavilion showcasing its self-assembling geodesic dome, designed to allow space professionals and the general public to “lead good lives” in zero gravity. A continuation of Aurelia Institute co-founder Ariel Ekblaw’s PhD thesis at MIT, TESSERAE (Tesselated Electromagnetic Space Structure for the Exploration of Reconfigurable Adopative Environments) aims to
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Architecture studio Hassell has designed the conceptual Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a scalable system of inflatable pods that could be partly constructed from moon materials and 3D-printed on site. Designed for the European Space Agency’s Discovery program, the settlement would be designed to house 144 people and comprise residential spaces as well as sports arenas,
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Architect Jordan William Hughes has created a conceptual design for a space elevator that would travel between an ocean-based spaceport and a multi-use space station. Hughes developed the design for the space elevator – which he believes would offer a more efficient alternative to traditional space travel – based on existing research by physicists and
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Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed its design for a space museum and experience centre in Yantai, China, which will appear like a mysterious black object in an oceanfront park. Named Space Crystals, the building will have a glossy black exterior and a faceted stone-like shape that rises at one end to point towards the ocean.
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Space agency NASA has awarded construction company ICON a $57 million contract to develop 3D-printing technology to build roads, launchpads and homes on the moon’s surface. The contract, worth $57.2 million (£47 million), was awarded to develop the 3D-printing construction technology that will be needed to build elements necessary for living on the moon, such as roads, launchpads
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Researchers at MIT Media Lab have tested modular tiles that autonomously assemble to create habitats in space on the latest mission to the International Space Station. Called Tesserae, the project aims to create future space habitats from reconfigurable tiles that assemble while in orbit around the moon or Earth. MIT suggested the tiles can be
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