Winners of Eleven’s International Space Competition on Martian Vernacular Design Announced. Some with visions of utopias, others with dystopias. Some focusing on small-scale exploratory units, others with urban models for fully fledged Martian cities. Whatever the intention, one thing is certain: the red planet has been an inspiration for some fascinating concepts, and the idea of a martian vernacular has given rise to some truly creative, amazing visions. The submitted proposals are simply mind-blowing and Eleven are excited to announce the winners of this truly out of this world challenge.
WINNERS: ‘Dandelion Shelter’ by Karl-Johan Sørensen & Sebastian Aristotelis Frederiksen (Denmark)
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Every once in a while, great things really do come in small packages. Dandelion Shelter is an exquisitely detailed and refined design which comes to life through beautiful renders of life on Mars.
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Every detail of this project has been considered and conveyed through a masterclass of how to pitch your vision in architecture. Inspired by Dandelions, this self-building ‘fluffy’ martian shelter is clad with a glowing Triboelectric Harvester which transforms electrostatic energy into power and traps Martian dust as a radiation shield.
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The pod also employs an Algae Bath as a secondary radiation shield and food source for its inhabitants. Elegant, Smart and Protective: the perfect companion for a Martian adventure.
RUNNER-UP: ‘Mars H2.0’ by Aleksandar Bursac & Ivan Djikanovic (Serbia)
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Mars H2.0 accurately emphasises our need to steadily test and push boundaries as a species.
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Behind the enticing visualisations, the fluid design – inspired by honeycombs – promises to be a hypothesis that would be able to persist in a hostile environment such as Mars.
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The project details a rocket ship which – upon landing – transforms itself into a vessel for habitation and a harvester of Martian water. Mars H2.0 isn’t just a dwelling, but a dynamic generator for life.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE: ‘Desert Snowflake’ by Robert Salazar, Anastasia Prosina & Svetlana Krinochkina (USA, Russia)
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This self-erecting, ultralight, deployable Geodesic Dome takes Buckminster Fuller’s ideas into the new Millenium. Desert Snowflake, the winner of the people’s votes, is an ode to architectural origami form.
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It showcases the value of flexible, lightweight yet highly-robust construction systems paramount for extraterrestrial colonisation. The spore-like structure has been designed with adaptability and modularity in mind, allowing for continued growth of the Martian colony in time.
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘The Peristalsis Project’
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Project: Anastasia Prosina, Svetlana Krinochkina & Robert Salazar (Russia, USA)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Mars Paracity’
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Project: Prerit Kaji, Arijit Sen & Jerrold Moses Ayque (India, Philippines)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: ‘TerraForMars’
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Project: Adam Fernandez & Lizhen Xu (France)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: ‘Below Freezing’
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Project: Shane Powers & Linjie Wang (USA, China)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: ‘Hyperdome’
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Project: Paolo Venturella & Cosimo Scotucci (Italy)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Dust to Dawn’
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Project: Milad Moghary, Yibin Yang, Ismail Seleit & Matthias Wechsler (Iran, China, Egypt, Germany)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Kloroplast Mars’
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Project: Roger Badia Rafart (Spain)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘To Mars’ by Chawapol Watcharasukarn & Prapatsorn Sukkaset (Thailand)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Clove’
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Project: Justin Jed Zumel (USA)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Particle Regeneration’
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Project: Chi Bhatia, Joanna Maria Lesna, Bryan Rincon & Wala’ Sahloul (India, Poland, Colombia, Syria)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘City Crater’
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Project: Wenyi Zhu, Qizhen Tang & Xiaohan Ding (China)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Leviathan 01’
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Project: Gleb Goncharenko & Ksenia Zabardygina (Russia)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Leviathan 01’
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Project: Gleb Goncharenko & Ksenia Zabardygina (Russia)
HONOURABLE MENTION: ‘Colony’
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Project: Bonnie Gordon (Australia)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS: ‘S.E.E.Ds of Mars’
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Project: Nicholas Ho & Darren Chan (Hong Kong, UK)
Source and images Courtesy of Eleven.