We have to face challenges that are very specific to the conditions of Mars, one of them is gravity, which is only one-third of the gravity on Earth.” Muñoz adds, “Water is one of the great advantages that Mars offers, it helps to be able to get the proper materials for the construction. EuroNews reports that, “The oxygen is largely produced by plants, food is 90 per cent plant-based and the energy comes from solar panels.” CO2 and water will be readily available on the surface of the planet.Īlfredo Muñoz, founder of the architecture studio ABIBOO said, “We had to do a lot of analysis based on computing and working with the scientists to try to understand what are the circumstances that we will face. The capital is expected to be built on a side of a cliff in order to protect inhabitants from any atmospheric radiation or pressure. Aircraft are pressurized because of the risk you would otherwise be taking by being exposed to a low-pressure layer of the atmosphere way too fast after lifting off from a layer with high pressure.Nüwa will act as a functioning city and host a plethora of offices, homes and green spaces. Air pressure on Mars is only 6% of that in Earth’s atmosphere, and such dangerously low pressure could result in tissue swelling, circulation loss, and severe decompression sickness, otherwise known as the bends, which can be lethal. The biodomes would also have to be pressurized. Water windows, which would consist of two clear layers filled with water and possibly an entire aquarium, are another way the design firm is thinking of letting light in while upping the unconventional air conditioning on Mars.
It explains why Bjarke Ingels will be using a clear polyethylene membrane that lets the sun in and traps solar heat. Polyethelene is a surprisingly light plastic that is not just a great insulator but almost unbreakable. Mars has such a thin atmosphere that heat transfer happens extremely slowly, so any heat that enters through the insulated walls of a biodome will hang around for a while. Incorporating an insulating material into these structures will trap heat from sunlight and prevent it from escaping too fast. Temperatures inside these habitats would have to be adjusted to livable levels for humans and other life forms from Earth to survive. The average temperature on Mars is -81 degrees Fahrenheit, so this is definitely not resort weather, despite conceptual images showing sunlight streaming in through palm branches in a translucent biodome (which would have the actual living structure 3D-printed beneath it with Martian soil). The problem lies in how humans are going to survive. From spider-esque structures to cities made entirely of fungus, there is no shortage of ideas when it comes to designing the ideal Martian habitat. It’s more than an architectural challenge. The thing is, building a city on Mars means dealing with an inhospitable and literally unearthly environment. Mars Science City is estimated to cost at least $135 million and light up 176,000 meters of what isn’t going to be just desert sand for too much longer. Architects from Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design Mars Science City, a prototype for what is going to turn into a hyper-futuristic lab for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC), which will keep developing space tech that will allow humans to stay alive on a frozen planet almost 80 million miles (40 on a good day) from Earth. They want an entire human population on the Red Planet within the next century. The United Arab Emirates is on the same wavelength as Elon Musk when it comes to colonizing Mars.
Unreal and beyond most of our trippiest dreams, the city of Dubai is a living, breathing sci-fi movie-firefighters in jetpacks, anyone? Now try adding an entire Martian city concept to that.
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