{"id":6903,"date":"2025-10-16T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:52:22","slug":"entwerfen-humans-on-mars-architectural-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/en\/entwerfen-humans-on-mars-architectural-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"design studio \/\/ Humans on Mars \u2013 Architectural Implications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This course examines the architectural and mission design challenges associated with the first human expedition to Mars. It explores how built environments can support survival, enable scientific discovery, and foster international collaboration in one of the most extreme and resource-constrained contexts ever faced by humankind.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will work in teams to analyse and develop concepts for mission architecture that address the entire timeline of a crewed Mars mission:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transit Phase: 6\u20139 months of deep-space travel<\/li>\n<li>Surface Phase: Approximately 500 days of scientific operations on the Martian surface<\/li>\n<li>Return Phase: Safe transit back to Earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each team will formulate a mission scenario and produce a conceptual architectural design for either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a spacecraft to support the full crew during interplanetary transit, or<\/li>\n<li>a Martian habitat enabling life, work, and research during the extended surface stay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The course emphasizes systems thinking, cultural and operational integration, and architectural strategies to address life-support, human factors, resource-oriented thinking and sustainability in long-duration spaceflight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"encode\">\n<p>There are no prerequisite courses required. Below are some literature recommendations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mars Exploration &amp; Mission Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASA (2009): Human Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture (DRA) 5.0<br \/>\nchrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/373665main_nasa-sp-2009-566.pdf<br \/>\nRobert Zubrin (2011): The Case for Mars<br \/>\nScott Hubbard (2019): Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books &amp; Academic Publications from our Library<\/strong><br \/>\nHaeuplik-Meusburger, S., &amp; Bishop, S. (2021). Space Habitats and Habitability: Designing for Isolated and Confined Environments on Earth and Space. Springer.<br \/>\nE: https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-69740-2<br \/>\nD: https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-25492-5<br \/>\nHaeuplik-Meusburger, S., &amp; Bannova, O. (2016). Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects. Springer.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-319-19279-6<br \/>\nHaeuplik-Meusburger, S. (2011). Architecture for Astronauts: An Activity-Based Approach. Springer.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-7091-0667-9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Books, Reports and Videos<\/strong><br \/>\nBooklets from previous design studios: https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/user\/emergingfields<br \/>\nLectures on &#8216;Extreme Architecture&#8217; from the module &#8216;Emerging Fields in Architecture&#8217;: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EmergingFieldsinArchitecture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science Fiction References<\/strong><br \/>\nClarke, A.C. (1973). Rendezvous with Rama.<br \/>\nSchrattmayer, K. (2021). The Exodus Incident. Springer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some More Useful USEFUL LINKS<\/strong><br \/>\nA NASA Archive of Technical Research Reports and Papers:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/<br \/>\nAn Online Bibliography of Past Papers and Reports by Space Architects:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cBKx1mT9Qu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacearchitect.org\/bibliography\/\">BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;BIBLIOGRAPHY&#8221; &#8212; SpaceArchitect.org\" src=\"https:\/\/spacearchitect.org\/bibliography\/embed\/#?secret=Ju9lMZGS1y#?secret=cBKx1mT9Qu\" data-secret=\"cBKx1mT9Qu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Vortragende Personen<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"bulletList\">\n<li><a id=\"j_id_50:j_id_79:0:j_id_7c:personLink\" href=\"https:\/\/tiss.tuwien.ac.at\/adressbuch\/adressbuch\/person\/46844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" name=\"j_id_50:j_id_79:0:j_id_7c:personLink\">H\u00e4uplik-Meusburger, Sandra<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"j_id_50:j_id_79:1:j_id_7c:personLink\" href=\"https:\/\/tiss.tuwien.ac.at\/adressbuch\/adressbuch\/person\/225683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" name=\"j_id_50:j_id_79:1:j_id_7c:personLink\">Feichtinger, Dietmar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/250909-Entwerfenplakat_Seite_01-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/250909-Entwerfenplakat_Seite_01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1278\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/250909-Entwerfenplakat_Seite_01-scaled.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/250909-Entwerfenplakat_Seite_01-scaled-599x1200.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.hb2.tuwien.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/250909-Entwerfenplakat_Seite_01-scaled-998x2000.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course examines the architectural and mission design challenges associated with the first human expedition to Mars. 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