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Yagmur Baydır
April 29, 2025
For today’s edition, we’ve got a bundle of interesting articles, insights, and trends just for you. Let’s take a look:
Space architecture is revolutionizing design for sustainable habitats on the Moon and Mars that support life in harsh extraterrestrial environments.
Building skyscrapers on Mars presents unique challenges, but 3D printing technology offers promising solutions.
As space exploration accelerates, the idea of architecture on other planets is becoming more feasible, with designers working on adaptive, self-sustaining habitats for future interplanetary living.
The exhibition titled ‘From Earth to Space and Back’ promises a bright future beyond a time when humans have already stepped on Mars.
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
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Space Architecture: How Can We Design Habitats on Mars and the Moon?
This article dives into a series of extraordinary, inhabited spaces’ design proposals by architects as they both envision possibility and viability within the same extraterrestrial framework.
Foster + Partners’ ‘From Earth to Space and Back’ exhibition opens at Kennedy Center
In collaboration with Branch Technology, pioneering in 3D-printing, combining additive manufacturing, prefabrication, and digital technology, Foster and Partners is hosting an Exhibition titled ‘From Earth to Space and Back’ at Studio F, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, USA.
What would architecture look like on Venus? Here is a hint from BioShock Infinite
Through social media, we only heard of colonizing Mars; however, there is another option from NASA, we can colonize Venus.
From Hyperloop to Mars: Musk’s Vision of Subterranean Living
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is an extraordinary concept that will unite cities through hyper-speed transit-has struggled to get off the ground here on Earth.
 Parametric Intelligence 2.0 - Studio Tim FuThis 4-session workshop demonstrates how Studio Tim Fu uses AI and parametric design to transform architectural concepts into real-world designs. The workshop is scheduled for May 17,18 & 24, 25, 2025. |  Blueprints in Motion: From Maya to Unreal EngineThis workshop teaches participants how to create interactive, real-time parametric design systems using Maya, Grasshopper, and Unreal Engine. The workshop is scheduled for Jun 21 & 22, 2025. |
Mars 101: How do Martians go to the toilet?
The Golden Martian House, an inflatable prototype for a home on Mars built by UK firms Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+, now features a Martian toilet by Duravit.
Inside the World’s First Commercial Space Station: What to Expect
Vast’s Haven-1 is under development to be the world’s first commercial space station. It will be launched into low-Earth orbit via a SpaceX Falcon rocket in 2025.
Can We Build Skyscrapers on Mars?
As space agencies like NASA and private companies such as SpaceX pioneer missions to the Red Planet, one interesting question arises: Can we build skyscrapers on Mars?
How to Address the Challenges of Extraterrestrial Architecture?
Humanity’s quest to inhabit outer space has led to the rise of extraterrestrial architecture, which faces challenges like extreme climates, limited resources, and psychological impacts, demanding innovative, sustainable, and ethical design solutions.
 Artefacts of Growth: Biomorphic Structures in Cinema 4DThis workshop teaches architects and designers to create organic, parametric designs and renderings using Cinema 4D and Corona Renderer. The workshop is scheduled for Jun 7 & 8, 2025. |  Scripting Forms: Grasshopper3D & BlenderThis workshop focuses on creating and applying design languages using Rhino Grasshopper and Blender 3D Geometry Nodes. The workshop is scheduled for Jun 14 & 15, 2025. |
The Evolution of AI in Space Exploration and Habitat Engineering
Space exploration is the study of the cosmos, which encompasses the entire universe outside Earth. Space is categorized as an extreme environment as it has conditions different from Earth’s.
Which Materials Can Be Used to Construct on Mars?
Mars is the most similar planet to earth in the entire solar system. Research suggests that mars can potentially offer a habitable environment which makes it suitable for further experimentation.
Life on Mars, but How? A Few Architectural Considerations
This article explores the growing feasibility of Mars colonization and raises critical questions about the design, sustainability, and cultural influence of future Martian habitats, comparing them to existing urban planning models like NEOM.
What Could Architecture Possibly Look Like on Other Planets?
Humanity's growing need to leave Earth due to environmental decline raises urgent questions about how architecture can adapt for survival on other planets, with Mars emerging as the most realistic candidate.