The stand-alone studio course in Space Architecture.
Attend live & recorded lectures, keynote, and the final review. This is a good option for those wanting an introduction to Space Architecture theory, history, and practice, deep dives on topics in human spaceflight, and a live student presentation with critique by experts.
Join the Community
Perpetual access to our Discord server hosting forums for research, discussion, live chat and note-taking during lectures and reviews, and networking.
Lectures w/ Q&A
1
Thu, Jun.11Jeffrey Montes
Architecture & Space: An Introduction A stimulating overview of human spaceflight. Covers history, spacecraft, philosophical underpinings, foundational constraints, and design processes old and new.
2
Thu, Jun.18 Susan Doll, PhD
Impact of Human Needs of Spacecraft Requirements
Susan pulls on lessons from her eclectic career, including serving as Principal Technologist for Human Spaceflight at Blue Origin, to present a framework for understanding human needs as requirements and how physiology relates to thinking about design.
3
Thu, Jul.02 Mich Lin
Human-Environment Connection & Interaction
Mich, Ph.D candidate at MIT AeroAstro, walks us through their research into human behavior and experience as they relate to habitat design, including an interactive tool, built in collaboration with NASA, that makes designing for humans more empirical.
4 Tue, Jul.07 Will Root
Road to Tycho Station Will, award-winning Space architect and Founder of Tycho Space, walks us through his decade of research into how to build massive-scale habitats and how it led to Tycho Station, the comprehensive design vision that won the inaugural Aurelia Prize in Space Urbanism (2026).
Keynote w Q/A
Thu, Jul. 09Brent Sherwood
Brent is widely recognized as one of the founders of the modern discipline of Space Architecture. He will discuss what he learned in his pioneering career as a Space architect at Boeing, program manager at JPL, and Senior Vice President at Blue Origin.
Final Review
Wed, Aug.12Listen-only priveleges to the final review, where students present their original projects to a jury. This is the culmination of the studio.
Fee
$550
Registration
The week before the start of the term, you will receive invitations to lectures.
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