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…And Beyond: Martian Architecture Through Earth's Extreme Environments

Kusuma, Sarah C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439946

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2016, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Less than a decade after the first human went to space, humans walked on the moon. Five decades have since passed, and space exploration has expanded to include many countries, who are conducting manned and unmanned missions in low earth orbit. A few unmanned missions have pushed past the extents of our solar system. Today, companies such as SpaceX are working with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. This goal coincides with space programs around the world studying to send humans to Mars—first to set up a research station to study the conditions before a trying to set up a colony. There is one considerable obstacle, however, humans are not made to exist on Mars or even outer space. Humans are the one inconsistent piece of machinery the government sends to space, and “Mars doesn’t want [humans] there, and will be doing everything it can think of to keep [them] away.” Currently, engineers are the predominate drivers of the work to ameliorate the issues on Mars, but there is more to human life than the most basic requirements for human survival. Architects can take these environmental factors and technologies, and add an element of design that humans can enjoy and exist within. The research station requires being transported long distance, adaptability for different terrains, shield against extreme cold; as well as support carbon-based life, and add comfort human life. This research station design will help open up more discourse between engineers and designers to collaborate and contribute towards finding a solution to the human condition of expansion, in order to explore the potential of the human future on Earth and beyond.
Vincent Sansalone, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Brian Davies, M.A. (Committee Member)
106 p.
Architecture
architecture; Mars; extreme; environments

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  • Kusuma, S. C. (2016). …And Beyond: Martian Architecture Through Earth's Extreme Environments [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439946

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kusuma, Sarah. …And Beyond: Martian Architecture Through Earth's Extreme Environments. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439946.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kusuma, Sarah. "…And Beyond: Martian Architecture Through Earth's Extreme Environments." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1459439946

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