specialcollections@tulane.edu / With the age of discovery in the 15th century, mankind’s view of the
known world was changed forever. Nations and private entities scrambled
to attain a foothold in this emerging frontier, bringing with them new
technologies, cultures, economies, societies and architecture. In the late 19th
century, numerous experimental communities planted their flags on American
soil, often with utopian visions for their new way of life. Due to social rifts,
economic collapse, or unforeseen outside events, nearly all failed. However,
these settlements became a testament to what human ingenuity could achieve
with only ambition and a blank slate on the other side of a daunting voyage.
This same opportunistic spirit still exists today in the imaginations of
futurists, architects, and science-fiction writers but in this period, the new
frontier is Mars. Human voyages to other planets are inevitable, and the
movement of doing so is not unlike the establishment of colonial settlements
in the early Americas. Missions to Mars will need a human touch and the
settlements to follow will bring with them unforeseen problems for architects.
The fate of extraterrestrial colonization is impossible to explicitly predict,
therefore, speculation and learning from historical narratives it vital. By using
architecture to speculate on plausible futures, we as architects can help predict
and solve what it would take not only to survive but endure. / 1 / Max Warshaw
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_93888 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Contributors | Warshaw, Max Henry (author), Owen, Graham (Thesis advisor), Tulane School of Architecture Architecture (Degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | electronic, pages: 104 |
| Rights | No embargo, Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law. |
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