Space exploration and human spaceflight have always provided the possibility to employ advanced technologies, develop new know-hows, and increase human capabilities in a variety of fields. NASA’s Artemis program is bound to bring humanity back to the Moon to perform extended exploration and establish a permanent presence of Earth’s satellite. A new opportunity for the AEC industry is arising: designing habitat solutions that would sustain human presence on the lunar surface. It is a complex technical challenge due to the extreme conditions of the lunar environment and the design constraints inherent to human spaceflight.
Lun-Env explores a Planetary Centered Design approach (PLA-CE-D) to site specific and computationally driven habitats for extreme environments. The project explores a combination of deployable and ISRU derived structures to shelter and support initial human settlements on the Lunar Surface .