STIRpad.com
Starliner: A beleaguered spacecraft
Dec 18, 2024by Susmita Mohanty Dec 18, 2024
In the sixth essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, Dr Susmita Mohanty focuses on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and its botched mission.
Space Architecture
13 result(s)
ADFF New York 2024 reminds us of the people and stories that shape our world
Sep 17, 2024by STIRworld Sep 17, 2024
The film festival dedicated to architecture and design spotlights topics ranging from sustainability to cultural impact and the power of space from September 25 - 28, 2024.
Sydney Design Week 2024 construes design discourse 'In Between Worlds'
Sep 05, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 05, 2024
The annual design event in Sydney from September 13-19, brings together a diversity of designers and artists providing perspectives on our alternative futures.
The space settler’s practical guide to building ‘A City on Mars’
Apr 18, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 18, 2024
STIR speaks to Kelly Weinersmith, one of the authors of the popular science book that uncovers the realities of inhabiting space and how far-fetched some space designs may be.
Hassell's modular lunar habitat for future space settlers builds on a scalable system
Mar 04, 2024by Mrinmayee Bhoot Mar 04, 2024
Conceived as part of European Space Agency’s Discovery Programme, the conceptual design for the Lunar Habitat Masterplan will be a scalable system accommodating a settlement of up to 144 people.
To the Moon, Mars, and beyond: Innovative space architecture projects from 2021
Dec 12, 2021by Jerry Elengical Dec 12, 2021
STIR presents some of the most exciting space design projects - from vehicles to entire settlements - that share a vision of how humanity can settle on other worlds.
Makhno Studio envisions Plan C.: a self-sustaining settlement on terraformed Mars
Nov 27, 2021by Jerry Elengical Nov 27, 2021
Imagining what life on the red planet might look like in the future, the Ukraine-based studio has envisioned a torus-shaped development that channels elements of science fiction.
BIG and ICON unveil Mars Dune Alpha - a 3D-printed habitat for the red planet
Aug 19, 2021by Jerry Elengical Aug 19, 2021
Developed as part of NASA’s CHAPEA simulation program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, the structure will aid in research into manned missions to the Martian surface.
STIRring Together: Julijonas Urbonas and Jan Boelen on Lithuania’s ‘Planet of People’
Jul 09, 2021by Devanshi Shah, Anmol Ahuja Jul 09, 2021
STIR interacts with the curator and exhibitor of the Lithuania Pavilion by the Lithuanian Space Agency (LSA) on their extraterrestrial imagination at Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
What does living on the moon look like? SAGA's Lunar Habitat explores
Nov 07, 2020by Anmol Ahuja Nov 07, 2020
Currently being tested in Greenland, Project LUNARK involves a space habitat prototype inspired by origami that simulates life on the moon.
A full-scale house for future life on Mars is in the making in Bristol
Oct 30, 2020by Zohra Khan Oct 30, 2020
Extreme architecture expert Hugh Broughton has received planning permission for ‘Building a Martian House’ – a public art project by Bristol artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent.
ICON, BIG and SEArch+ reveal ‘Project Olympus’ as 3D-printed homes on moon
Oct 09, 2020by Zohra Khan Oct 09, 2020
The initiative funded by NASA aims to develop a 3D printed infrastructure on the moon, constructed autonomously using indigenous materials of the lunar surface.
Architecture firm SOM designs 'Moon Village', a full-time lunar habitat
Oct 04, 2019by Meghna Mehta Oct 04, 2019
American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill takes a giant leap with its design for the ‘Moon Village’, a unique architecture for permanent settlement on the lunar surface.
Sign in with Google
Sign in with email