Talks and sessions on space architecture, habitat design, and long-term thinking. Plus where the work has shown up in the press.
“Space architecture is the theory and practice of designing and building inhabited environments in outer space. It borrows from multiple forms of niche architecture to accomplish the task of ensuring human beings can live and work in space.”
Originally given in an interview with Discover magazine, and now cited on Wikipedia as a definition of the field.
"Sleep will be a key part of making commercial space stations feel homey... That's because of the potentially disruptive effect of seeing 15 or 16 sunsets and sunrises every 24 hours. 'If you think about luxurious experiences, you want to make sure people feel okay,' she says. 'Sleep quality is something astronauts speak very openly [about].'"
Illustration by Kyle Bean, from "How to Vacation in Space" by Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, May 2026. © 2026 Scientific American, a division of Springer Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.