Several of the national space agencies (e.g. US, China, Russia) have announced long-term goals of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. For any of these missions to succeed, the research, development, and operations programs that generate and support them must emerge as sustainable enterprises financially, politically, and technologically. This symposium will discuss future visions and scenarios for living and working in Space on multiple levels.

Preliminary Program for the Symposium

8.30 Coffee at Café Nelsons, TU Vienna
9.00 Welcome and Introduction
David Wong: Space Architecture Technical Subcommitee
Moderators: Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger, Georgi Petrov

9.30 Keynote Speeches
David Nixon: The Architecture of the International Space Station
Hugh Broughton: The Antarctic Analogue
Jean B. Hunter: Analogue Research and Cuisine for Future space missions
Michael Waltemathe: Why do we go? Space architecture as reified settlement philosophy

11.30 Working Groups I: INHABITING OUTER SPACE*

12.30 Space Architecture Book Table and Book-signing (Cafe Nelsons)

14:00 Working Groups II: PRACTICING ON EARTH*
15:00 Working Groups III: EDUCATING SPACE ARCHITECTS*
16.00 Closing Plenary session with Working Group Summaries
17.30 End of Symposium


The Space Architecture Symposum 2016: HUMANS ON NEW WORLDS is hosted by the Vienna University of Technology, organized by the Space Architecture Technical Committee (SATC) and curated by Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger, Georgi Petrov and Marc Cohen.

Symposium venue:
Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna
Lecture Hall HS 7 (Schütte-Lihotzky), Main Building, Staircase 7, ground floor

Books venue:
Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna
Café Nelsons, courtyard 2