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Dark Horizons

Mikael Lehtinen
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DARK HORIZONS
This project was about exploring methods to capture regolith from the Martian atmosphere for additional shielding against radiation on habitats. It was done under a second-year industrial design project STARS in master’s programme at Lund University in collaboration with NASA.

Mars is known of its dust storms that can kick up enough dust into the atmosphere to cover the whole planet with haze that can be seen by telescopes on Earth. On the other hand, without a global magnetic field and with little atmosphere to provide shielding, significant amount of ionizing radiation can reach the Martian surface.

I wanted to combine my interest in dust activity with the basic human need of a shelter. It is extremely expensive and energy consuming to transport construction material from Earth to Mars. Therefore, I think we need to find a right balance between using local and transported resources. I wanted to find a creative way to use local resources and natures principles to build the first habitats for humans. For reliability reasons, I also wanted to find a method that is not completely reliant on technology. E.g. big solar particle events can break electronic devices. Finally, I wanted to see nature as a co-worker and contributor to the construction work.






architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture
architecture habitat industrial design Lund University mars nasa Regolith Space Space Architecture

Mars image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
2019



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Dark Horizons

Studies on natural phenomena and habitats on Mars

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