Urban Mars
Project Context
Set in a near-future Martian settlement, this thesis explores how urban systems can balance survival needs with human experience. Rather than focusing on aesthetics, the project tackles the realities of designing a sustainable, resource-aware city that is both functionally robust and spatially engaging.
Computational Tool
A parametric tool drives the urban design process, generating layouts based on typologies, connection rules, and performance metrics. As design priorities shift, so does the system’s output, enabling adaptive, goal-driven urban configurations. Typology refinement feeds back into the system, aligning architectural detail with spatial logic.
Project Output
Final outcomes take the form of evaluated spatial layouts that balance function and experience, alongside a protective printed shell applied to the urban system. These communicate how different modules and typologies interact to form a liveable Martian city. While Mars provides the setting, the project ultimately proposes a replicable framework for sustainable urban systems in any resource-scarce environment.
