‘To Mars and Back’ panel debate at 2021 Aahus School of Architecture Festival

Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution

Description

Participation on the panel debate under the title 'Aarhus – Mars, return' at the 2021 Aarhus School of Architecture Festival. The debate was framed around how new robot technology, AI and digital programs are the architect's new tools and can lead to profound changes in how architecture is conceived, designed, and built. On stage with Bjarke Ingels (BIG Architects), Signe Kongebro (Architect, Henning Larsen Architects), and Flemming Rafn Thomsen (Architect, Tredje Natur) I debated the subject of the architect's role in 'colonizing' Mars. Under the overall theme of the event, 'staying with the trouble' , this panel asked, 'are space colonies an answer to overpopulation, climate challenges, and resource depletion? After exploiting and colonizing the Earth, should we follow the money – and Elon Musk – to the playground of the privileged few, or should we fix the problems on planet Earth, leaving no one behind?'.
Period8 Oct 2021
Held atAarhus School of Architecture
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • mars
  • Architecture
  • Sustainable Architecture