The Space Architecture Approach: Teaching to Design and Plan for Space Habitation
- Paper number
IAC-16,E1,IP,35,x33023
- Coauthor
Prof. Olga Bannova, University of Houston, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Year
2016
- Abstract
Space architecture as a discipline fills a gap between the engineering approach to design space habitats and associated facilities and the human factors oriented design approach — including personal psychology, creativity, and non-work related activities. In order to achieve the highest level of design, the discipline of space architecture needs to be taught academically. To advance space architecture approaches to design and planning, they need to be introduced to students from the diverse backgrounds of engineering and architecture as well as other disciplines and practices. Recognizing differences between educational approaches can help students and faculty from space education disciplines to better integrate their knowledge and move from a multi-disciplinary to an inter-disciplinary spaceflight-related design and planning process. While many universities around the world offer aerospace engineering undergraduate and graduate programs, only a few relate to the field of space architecture. The paper talks about known and potential educational approaches and methods, drawing examples from recent space architecture programs and classes, and representative projects. Examples include student projects from European and American academic institutions that offer space architecture as a mainstream or major component in their curriculum.
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