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Out of This World book cover imageOut of This World: The New Field of Space Architecture

Edited by A. Scott Howe and Brent Sherwood.

Published by AIAA, © 2009, 400 pages, hardback
ISBN-10: 1-56347-982-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-56347-982-3
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This collaborative book compiles thirty chapters on the theory and practice of designing and building inhabited environments in outer space.  Given the highly visual nature of architecture, the book is rich in graphics including diagrams, design drawings, digital renderings, and photographs of models and of executed and operational designs.

Written by the global network of practicing space architects, the book introduces a wealth of ideas and images explaining how humans live in space now, and how they may do so in the near and distant future.  It describes the governing constraints of the hostile space environment, outlines key issues involved in designing orbital and planet-surface architecture, surveys the most advanced space architecture of today, and proposes far-ranging designs for an inspiring future.  It also addresses earth-based space architecture: space analogue and mission support facilities, and terrestrial uses of space technology.

In addition to surveying the range of space architecture design, from sleeping quarters to live-in rovers to moon bases and space cities, the book provides a valuable archival reference for professionals.  Space enthusiasts, architects, aerospace engineers, and students will find it a fascinating read.


Architecture for Astronauts book cover imageArchitecture for Astronauts: An Activity-Based Approach

By Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger.

Published by Springer, © 2011, 316 pages, hardback
ISBN: 978-3-7091-0666-2
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Living and working in extra-terrestrial habitats means being potentially vulnerable to very harsh environmental, social, and psychological conditions.  With the stringent technical specifications for launch vehicles and transport into space, a very tight framework for the creation of habitable space is set.  These constraints result in a very demanding “partnership” between the habitat and the inhabitant.

This book is the result of researching the interface between people, space and objects in an extra-terrestrial environment.  The evaluation of extra-terrestrial habitats in comparison to the user’s perspective leads to a new framework, comparing these buildings from the viewpoint of human activity.  It can be used as reference or as conceptual framework for the purpose of evaluation.  It also summarizes relevant human-related design directions.  The work is addressed to architects and designers as well as engineers.


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