Can we REALLY build on Mars? [SPACE ARCHITECTURE]

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00:00 INTRO
01:10 BECOMING A TYPE 1 CIVILIZATION
02:09 MARTIANS: A TIMELINE
03:29 CASE STUDIES
05:34 THE HURDLES OF AN ASTRONAUT
07:00 MARS ON EARTH
09:05 MARTIAN HABITATS
11:31 PROXEMICS
14:02 CONCLUSIONS
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[@Earthmoonstars-el6rd]

There is talk about Mars having cave systems that could possibly be a place to make huge habitats inside.

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[@heli400]

For the first inhabitants of Mars just remember: "He who controls the spice, controls the universe!"

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🕉"Be the Spice" 🕉

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@@DamiLeeArch you have whole team?!

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[@HernTheHunter]

I worked on the night shift in an underground facility for over three years. Human contact was minimal at best. I can say that isolation can have a real impact. The guy who did the night shift before me was there for 5 years and he was considered quite odd. I always wondered what he was like before the night shift down there. Thank goodness I am an introvert who loves books and their aura.

[@bingybingy2592]

"Thank goodness I am an introvert who loves books and their aura." Quite an odd statement and not even five years yet.

[@gurugo666]

What job?

[@bootstrapbill98]

​@@bingybingy2592nowt wrong with enjoying solitude & your own company 🤷‍♂️ books can quite often have an almost spiritual impact on a great many people, there's a reason people love grand libraries so much

[@PiercePierson]

God I want this job

[@robertalaverdov8147]

As someone who worked the night shift for two years I can personally say that it's mostly sleep deprivation. Our bodies are adapted to sleep at night. Sleeping during the day was always difficult, especially in the summer. One of oddest things was that I hardly had any dreams during the day. I felt almost zombie like and it was seriously affecting my personality. The lack of sunlight also didn't help. Eventually I decided to quit and barely a month later I felt like I was alive again. Found a job with slightly better pay and normal hours. How human beings would manage to live in the depths of space for years with our hardwired evolution and what effect it would have psychologically is quite the conundrum.

[@ohkaygoplay]

I was part of a project in the 7th grade called Marsville in 1994. Science classes from multiple schools around the area competed to figure out how to build a colony on Mars, and sustain it. I was part of the water reclamation department. We had to design a system that would provide a continuous water supply for people, for any animals we had, for the plants, and for the atmosphere. We'd had ideas ranging from purifying urine to pumping in water from the poles, to using the Star Wars equivalent of a vaporator inside the domes (which were all inflatable) to capture and store water vapor. We figured out that we had to tie our system into the other departments to make them homogenous. We built (inflated) a small settlement inside an old aircraft hanger in Merced, CA. All of the classes were competing to create the best, most efficient design most likely to succeed. We sci-fi nerds of the classes were the ones coming up with wild 'what if?' ideas (bringing water from the poles, and using Star Wars style vaporators inside was my idea.) I don't even remember who submitted this challenge to my school's science department. It's hard to know if whomever did used any ideas from all of the nerdy 12 and 13 year old kids. Kids can be brilliant. Their imaginations can sometimes come up with ideas adults can't due to the freedom they still have to entertain wild ideas. I hope they got something from us that at least jump-started some new ideas for surviving on Mars. :)

[@jesuscross9]

Projection, projection, projection... I was living in a basement for a while with absolutely no windows. I set up a projector with surround sound and had the ocean constantly projected in a video loop on one entire wall. It was a game changer. It felt like I was living literally right on the beach. I even let it run while I slept with a night beach scene. It was very relaxing and that closed in and buried feeling was gone. I picture a special room on Mars with real grass and plants growing in it. Video projections running non stop of either the wilderness or some beautiful place. It could even be timed with a sprinkler system that waters everything from above and projects a rainy day on the walls. Not quite a Star Trek hollow deck, but close.

[@miketacos9034]

That sounds like a really nice room…

[@byproductofcheese]

Sounds nice but would it be beneficial enough to waste resources on it? Instead of using your idea of just protectors since it could give the same experience at a fraction of the cost?.

[@Varue]

@@byproductofcheese it wouldnt be a waste if it kept people alive and productive more than they would be without it. ideally, a cost-benefit analysis would be run on the concept.

[@itchykami]

@@byproductofcheese if we build underground it would cut down greatly on solar radiation shielding.

[@kenji214245]

The ability to see, touch and smell plants has shown to have a huge positive impact on mental health.

[@billgiesbrecht59]

The cable TV that I grew up couldn't compare to the production quality that you are providing. Your channel is an example why the networks are collapsing. Great content. Coming from an old man who dreamed of becoming an architect as a young boy. The joy I found then is being relived today through your channel. The beautiful thing is that I am not experiencing regret but a renewed youthful curiosity to visit the world of architecture to experience the built poetry that has been and continues to be built. Thank you

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Mimar Sinan became an architect at around the age of 50. İmo no matter at what age you are, everyone needs a project to keep them going

[@coronalight77]

Uhh duh. Technology changed significantly since then. It's like saying computers are better today than 50 years ago. Of course they are, the tools to do what they do today weren't available than.

[@redandinata4568]

@@coronalight77 Way to miss the point

[@ramdog1144]

Well said good sir

[@tomriddle8933]

Television networks were never really dependent on educational content, I think you need to look elsewhere for their decline.

[@tyrannicpuppy]

First caught wind of your channel by pure accident, but it has proven to be incredibly fascinating to watch. Looking at things through an architectural lens is not something I'd considered before. But the way that where we live on Mars could effect whether we truly can 'live' on Mars is so cool to consider. As with a lot of the sci-fi related videos I've watched lately. Or the odd and often overly ambitious future plans for right here on Earth. It's just something I'd not had cause to consider much.

[@howardlittman269]

This was and interesting reminder, for me, of the psychological effect of the novelty of spaces. When we remodeled our house our neighbors, many of them contractors, said that we were doing it all wrong with the widely varying room sizes, ceiling heights, and sight lines costing too much money and making the house so unique as to be nearly unsaleable. We had no intention of selling the house, period, not just in the near future, so we hired an architect (Mehrnoosh) who agreed with our vision. The result was a house that has been supremely livable and emotionally comfortable for the last 30 years. These concepts would be even more important for people living in a totaly confined environment such as a habitat on Mars. Thank you for this well researched presentation.

[@ethandrozd7294]

I work providing mental health in a state prison for about 4 years. A lot of what you're describing about the potential living conditions and psychological effects of living on Mars really reminds me of what I saw in prisons. Some of the people I worked with there were really negatively affected, others were totally fine. I think we could learn a lot about studying residents of prisons, that could help us prepare for living on Mars. I don't think the fundamental of psychology of prisoners is really that much different than anyone else, people are people.

[@halnineooo136]

That's about those who are willingly choosing to live in prison like conditions. Now what about children born on Mars who didn't choose or ask to live on a radioactive desert where they depend on a pressure suit to stay alive a soon as they want to walk out of prison ? Isn't that a form of child l abuse ? Would you want your child to be raised on tech island surrounded by a deadly radioactive desert 20 light minutes away from what would look to them as paradise?

[@asparagusstaging430]

@@halnineooo136 Children born into any environment generally prefer that environment over others no matter how harsh it is. There are millions of examples of this on Earth today. Ignorance is bliss, as they say.

[@halnineooo136]

@@stephenlaing2152 There was the Biosphere 2 experiment long time ago which also failed despite being a much more favourable environment with a large greenhouse filled with what was intended to be a self sustaining biotope. CO2 rose beyond safe limits and the participants were spotted shopping in Walmart. The Martian Society also run its own experiment. I don't know much of the results.

[@Freshbott2]

@@halnineooo136 that’s wild that the CO2 would rise. It’s not really necessary for the sake of the experiment to confine the atmosphere, especially if they can get out and go to Walmart.

[@trungson6604]

Artificial Intelligence and robotic are so advance now, that we will eventually just send humanoid robots to Mars instead of actual humans. Androids do not need oxygen, nor susceptible to the ultra-low atmospheric pressure of Mars, much less susceptible to the high radiation level of Mars, and they do not require food, while thriving on just electricity. So, androids will eventually replace humans for space travel and exploration.

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Absolutely love your takes on the human aspect of the mission and habitats! This is really something I have not seen on other channels, who just condense information without adding their own professionality or twist.

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Ms. Information must not be condensed.

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The Spice must flow!!

[@markallan9528]

For something like this, I would say go quality, go healthy, go comfort.. first (which may mean more expensive) or go home. We want to build something that enriches their lives, Yes? We want to inspire people, yes? We want people to feel enabled, to do their best work, when working, yes? People will need to feel safe, comfortable, spontaneous, incontrol.. make this a priority. When people are taken care of, when they are enabled, they will build community. They build home culture, play culture, community culture, work culture.. Just do it. Awesome video, thanks so much.

[@tailbonetailbone9380]

I was a medican intern until recently and, surprisingly, I think I can provide some imput on this. The rut is real. The creeping insanity is real. The alienation from other people and other spaces outside of your little bunker is real. Even the most humane spaces can mess with your head. I lived with my internship group for 2 weeks at a hospital outside of town while we were on rotation there. It felt like a month or two. With nothing to do besides work or roam the halls and small outside area, with the stress of constantly being around people's sensitive workplaces and a highly competitve test coming up, we went a little mad. It felt like Hotel Outlook. I think another really good comparison to this Mars mission are oil rigs. People spend months at a time working and living in there. There's also that intrusive mix of work and private life.

[@tylerdurden3722]

In my experience, most types of people adapt to such situations just fine. I worked on a relatively tiny prospecting ship (for a diamond company)...our location and purpose, etc had to remain covert...so no interaction with people outside that boat. We'd be on that tiny ship for at least 3 months at a time. Sometimes that got extended. Most of the people I encountered don't become emotionally unhinged from living cramped on a ship like that. You become like family, everyone settles into their routines. The worste types for that situation are the types who can't maintain long term friendships/relationships/etc. They also tend to be self-centered. Normally in society they'd burn their bridges and move on to the next person. But on a tiny ship, they run of people and they're confined to live with the people they've ruined relations with. That's the point when they look like they become emotionally unhinged, etc. I have a client who works in Antarctica for extended periods. He also mentioned they're like family.

[@charlesphilips2045]

As a child, one of my most treasured memories, was when I had the opportunity to freely roam around the State Secretariat administrative building, totally unsupervised. My mum was a caterer in the cafeteria, and I would come around after school to just help out. It really helped in enriching my sense of wonder and curiosity. Lovely video as always, Dami.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Those kind of experiences transform you as a child.. lucky you!!

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You could be a young spy

[@rey_nemaattori]

Same, my mum worked as a cleaning lady, so I was dragged along to all these large buildings, school, colleges and offices, generally after hours, where I just got to explore empty buildings. Whenever I'm on holiday, visiting an old palace, temple or church, I still have an instinct climb on any ledge, jump any railing and to yank open any door no matter how small to see whats behind, where it leads to.

[@justarandomyoutubeviewer2749]

Being a WFH and usually spends my entire day alone sometimes makes me sit down and just daze off for a few minutes because of sadness. I get outside and exercise and be expose to nature from time to time to remain sane. I couldn't imagine living in an enclosed environment like that for a long period of time. Thanks for this video, really nice presentation.

[@terricon4]

AR and VR will also be major things to consider. If you can have "decorations" or stuff people put up in areas that surprise you, or you can play ball in a larger field, or instead of just jogging on a treadmill do so a long a trail, well there's a lot of potential variations in what people may experience. It's still that "far off future" thing to many, but today's top end headsets and AR systems are already entirely usable for work and other purposes, so in another ten years I could easily see them being a normal item people use for work, entertainment, and everything else as AR glass/goggles. And since they can help you operate a drone outside and explore, all the better for feeling more connected to the planet they are on and better navigating, controlling, and directing their machinery for various tasks or exploring. So, any design should take into account the possible implications and requirements of VR or AR usage. Core requirement is play spaces that are just open areas someone can play or work in and not hit others or anything important nearby. Hard to really predict just how it all might be used in another decade, or exactly what the tech will look like, but it's likely to be a key factor in day to day work and entertainment by then, especially in space, with limited actual space.

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It's not that I didn't love your older videos, but this was such a huge leap forward and on a kind of subject that I found fascinating. I really appreciate what you're bringing all these projects. Thank you so much.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you. 🙏

[@astralclub5964]

Earth will one day have a handful of scientists on Mars like we do in Antartica. But that’s it. Earth will NEVER have a city on Mars. Antartica is the promised land compared to Mars. They’re both cold as hell, but you can breathe and some warm clothing and normal gravity with an ozone layer will get you buy at the South Pole. Mars is a death trap. period.

[@johncliffalvarez6513]

These videos just keep getting better and better! Definitely a turning point to this channel ❤ I never thought I’ll get this much into knowing more about architecture and its symbiotic relationship with us. By the way, the ASMR that the very texture of your voice provides makes taking in all this information effortless.

[@PoliticalStewOffical]

A Hamilton-class cutter was 378 foot ship with a beam of 43 feet & had 180 people on board. Berthing areas where 16 to 24 personnel. I was in a 16 man berthing that had two showers, two shitters, and one urban. No garden, you could go out on the deck and there was three tv lounges. all you would need would be a sky room/sun room, a place for exercise, entertainment, and the mission. Schedule gives purpose, exploration gives surprise, and you’re a pioneer going down forever in history. Great motivators. Pre-stage the land, get 4 years of food for 6 people, send backup fuel for the return flight home with the intention of making your own on Mars, and have tertiary redundancies for life support, comms, and power. You gotta make it before you can start making it a home.

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Whow. What amazing work you’re doing, Dami. Really impressive. You just gained a new follower. ❤

[@Sadarsa]

As an introvert, being constantly surrounded by people in a small environment for a year would probably push me to violence. So yeah, i can totally see why that experiment with the rats went the way it did. I for one need solitude, like I'm happiest if i see maybe one or two people per day for a few minutes. Maybe a good hour long conversation like once a week or so. I do need that social interaction just like everyone else, but in much, MUCH, smaller doses than most.

[@ericrichardson8600]

The results from some of these studies would suggest that humans are in fact social creatures and that we need or should have frequent contact with other human beings because it is healthy when we feel supported and related to.

[@patrickcummins79]

​@EricTheRed I finally found some genuine happiness in volunteering with an outreach group, in Kensington.

[@janchvatal1538]

That is why ppl like you (or me) would never be chosen for closed in missions like this. Also. Rat experiment have realy lot of controversies and was never reinduced. Which say a LOT. There are some confirmed behaviours, but most of what is presented (not in case of this video but in study itself) as critique of society is not exactly viable.

[@StefanReich]

You are not a typical human

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@StefanReich No, astronauts aren't typical humans. They're highly trained and even then, not everyone qualifies for space missions. Only a select few can endure these kind of circumstances, which is exceptional. People who want personal space and me-time are the norm.

[@sciencewithesi9149]

It is so interesting to hear the perspective of an architect on the proposed buildings on Mars. As a scientist who has worked in high stress environments, like the North Pole, I prefer the pod like structure because of the lack of element of surprise 😂

[@NewerSwagger-gp3hj]

Just remember : architectes are not engineers!!!

[@strana6875]

Maybe there could be a proposed idea of "social" pathways and "isolated" pathways? It would certainly feel like pointless extra stairs to funders, but hey, then you could choose that element of surprise?

[@RosinaEmilyW]

I just like going upstairs to bed 😂

[@aloras405]

The research on livable pods is very interesting. I have been wondering if pods built for space could also be adapted to living underwater and vice versa.

[@fandasubacraig]

Another benefit of vertical habitats is exercise. Lower gravity means lowers bone density. So getting steeper stairs to offset martian gravity will do a world of good for muscle and bone strength

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I love your channel! I subscribed recently and honestly your views are very insightful. I had to comment after you made the contrast between German doors and Japanese style doors. I've never realized how that piece of our environment really shapes our culture even down to why we speak the way we do! This channel is one of my favorites! great job!

[@IhabFahmy]

_Well done Dami. Other environments where peple spend lots of time confined in the same close quarters with no (or little) access to the outside are _*_hospitals_*_ and _*_jails_*_ . Maybe you could do a couple of episodes on the architecture of those structures._

[@shiggermetimbers]

All of the people going to mars will be introverts

[@chrisgraham2904]

A Martian colony would be a place that is void of the concept of freedom. You can volunteer to go to Mars, or you can check yourself into your local zoo.

[@shiggermetimbers]

@@chrisgraham2904 Why is that so?

[@dissolvanizer]

@@shiggermetimbers Once you get on that rocket. you are trapped. You are now a prisoner of the rocket. Once you get on mars, You are trapped. There is no where else to go. You are now in your habitable dome, that is it except for excursions. Trapped.

[@chrisgraham2904]

@@shiggermetimbers This select group of "rockstars" will be on a one way trip to a new life. Cloistered as a small group within a confined environment. They will be under constant surveillance and it may be the greatest reality show of all time. No ability to live a life any different from the life that has been assigned to you. No ability to remove yourself from your assigned responsibility. No ability to walk away if you choose to. All the freedom of a zoo.

[@damilolaneal]

The light shadow effect when comparing different layouts of a typical martian home is the epitome of how much attention to detail is in your videos. Love it!

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I’m a recent subscriber and i’m really into your content now. I love how varied your subjects are which was a pleasant surprise seeing as i thought it was going to be a straight up architectural channel. I love your presentation and i’m really fond of your accent and voice. Lol

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I literally just stumbled onto this channel and was instantly hooked... LOVE IT

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The production value, research and just overall love put into this video is insane.. also I think this is the first video I've seen where the sponsor makes so much sense for the topic lol

[@BillMellman]

Wonderful episode. I'd love to see a similar examination of the ISS or some of the planned private "space hotels". It's also great that you're outlining the big dream ideas (e.g. mentioning the Kardashev scale), but still staying grounded in your focus.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Yes space hotels would be super interesting to explore.. Adding to the list!

[@trungson6604]

Artificial Intelligence and robotic are so advance now, that we will eventually just send humanoid robots to space instead of actual humans. Androids do not need oxygen, nor susceptible to the ultra-low atmospheric pressure of Mars and the vacuum of space, much less susceptible to the high radiation level of Mars and deep space, and they do not require food, while thriving on just electricity. So, androids will eventually replace humans for space travel.

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[@_graysonm]

I live on the other side of that lighthouse's peninsula, only a few hundred feet away. It's Cattle Point on San Juan Island. I recognized it with the sky, but the building

[@claytonharting9899]

I’m so glad this video showed up in my recommended, you showed me a whole new way of thinking. Id honestly call it critical, and so many of these designs didn’t consider it - how it would feel for the people living in each design. This video made me realize that can be applied to so many other things as well, not just martian habitats. Thank you for making this! :)

[@jeffrenman4146]

to never see a blue sky and to never smell the fresh spring day… To never see a bird fly and feed its young… To witness murder and you won't have anywhere to go… Man's kind filth will follow you to Mars… Only the devil would recommend leaving a beautiful planet Earth to live on an ugly lifeless dead planet

[@takashitamagawa5881]

Great video. The psychological issues of living in a highly restrictive space separated from a hostile outside environment need to be thoroughly investigated before committing people to a mission to another planet. It's not as though people can be retrieved easily if something goes wrong. An aborted Moon mission involved a return time of a few days. An aborted Mars mission could involve a return time of more than a year.

[@theinitiate110]

Agreed. I already know I'd never go to Mars to live, probably not even visit. I need the outside. Hiking early in the morning up a mountain to watch the sun rise, a camping trip to a misty forest, a summer cookout by the lake, I'd never give those up.

[@xlynx9]

15:01 *two years for each Earth-Mars transit window. Also the vertical design with stairs gives you much needed exercise in the low gravity environment. You'd still need to work out, but this could trim a couple of minutes on your daily workout by distributing it though the day, which also reduces monotony.

[@dennismartins3899]

I love your videos! They are truly enriching. My daughter is going to college in architecture and I showed her your KZbin channel and she is loving this innovative approach, rich in high quality display!

[@jeechun]

Great video! A note: Martian living spaces will include big caves, the huge inner volumes of lava tubes. These environments has to be built, made, constructed as well. That is an another very interesting topic. Especially, as Moon habitats will be built like that too. How a lava tube garden is constructed? It will be a village, or a town , perhaps a city (depending on the needs and on the size of the volume). It is also a question of architecture, how it is formed. Buildings - or flats carved in the size of the lava tube? Should there be a lake, perhaps some small brook? How should light be solved, and regulated? Green areas? What kind of animals? Etc, very interesting questions.

[@gfopt]

I’ve heard about living underground for years, until one day I realized how terrible it would be to travel all that distance and not have a window to look out at the alien landscape. I would only live on the surface. Unless it was a cave with a cool view of a giant canyon.

[@ThisisRubbishlo]

Agreed, definitely better off using existing Mars cave lava tube structures with attached air locks, with an additional surface structure to wander around in, it’s going to get mind bending with no sight of the sun

[@Blodhelm]

And then the lack of sufficient gravity would just make everyone slowly sicker, blind and have heart problems. How wonderful to spend all those resources to live in a place where the people will die before they reach 40, we don't know if children could even be born on it, and everything on Mars exists on Earth in a place we can already live as long as we stop destroying it.

[@jeechun]

@@Blodhelm actually a paper were released about partial gravity effects on rats, and it seems they were just absolutely fine with it. Don't confuse the microgravity (0 g) effects with lower gravity effects. They are totally different. Ofc we will know for 100% sure, when we will live there - or when it is going to be studied on humans in a rotatating space station.

[@Pichuscute]

I really like the types of videos you've been doing, where you're applying your knowledge to things that you don't often get to here such a detailed perspective of. It's really nice.

[@morenofranco9235]

Excellent presentation, DamiLee. Thank you.

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I loved the depth of the psychological side you took this one. I could see it in your other videos, but you really stepped on it this time.

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It’s insane how the production quality of your videos has improved. Really enjoy watching them. Great job 👏🏻

[@davidwarren9204]

I had an experience of this kind of stuff when I returned to Australia from overseas during the pandemic. like all similar returnees, I was compulsorily quarantined in a single hotel room 24/7 for 14 days. I literally never left that room the entire period, even for one minute. Here, I note that even prisoners get a certain amount of 'yard time' in their day, and get to move from place to place to shower, eat and so-on. ONE ROOM, NON-STOP. Imagine it... Now I'm a very chill dude, and have a solid tolerance for stress. I coped with it, but I'm not going to lie - it was REALLY stressful. The things that struck me were the little things: the monotony of the simple rectangular space - there was no complexity/ randomness in the space or 'other' places to go (except the tiny bathroom), and the window was triple-glazed and unable to be opened. So I could SEE the streets of Sydney outside, but couldn't taste, touch or hear it. The fact that it was a modern, clean hotel made it harder if anything. Too 'sterile' and 'perfect'. II would have welcomed a crack in the wall or the texture of old bricks... it was a very weird experience and not one I'm keen to repeat.

[@JR-lv9nb]

By the way do you know anybody who died of covid ? I don't. And I don't know anyone who knows anyone who died dueto the flu

[@JR-lv9nb]

How does it feel to know all of that Was for nothing

[@JR-lv9nb]

It's funny how KZbin removed my comment saying that all of this was due to the simple. Flu virus 🤧

[@kiwihame]

Such beautifully fascinating, fascinatingly beautiful videos. The production values are just superb. Well done guys!

[@ByronAgain]

Interesting that you cite Hall. Early in my studies in Sociology, Hall loomed large on the landscape, but it feels as though his work has been somewhat overlooked in the last decade or so. Thanks for that.

[@Machinify]

Wow, I also loved the vertical environments and completely agree that humans need some chaos, even if just 1%, as a Mars fan I LOVED this video!

[@montanateri6889]

Impressive video. Earthy (pun!), easily understandable, and a presenters voice is a key feature -- you have a great voice, easy to listen to, easy to look forward to you saying anything. Great production and humor included with science, that's perfect! Subscribing!!

[@2painful2watch]

She enunciates every word clearly and succinctly and with a lovely neutral accent.

[@darkironraven]

Wow! Awesome research and production. Thank you for the insights and keep this incredible work.

[@delshi13]

For a bit of variety, I would suggest rooms with moving walls/furniture where the bed will slide up into the ceiling with a push of a button for daytime, or you can pull out a table from the wall, etc. I think that would create a little bit of "chaos".

[@pastor-tom-sims]

Fascinating, well presented, understandable, and a unique contribution to this genre on KZbin. Thanks for making this information and perspective accessible. I will be exploring your videos with great interest.

[@VictorNolochemical]

The present on invisible dimensions and habitat layouts is really great, top shelf 👍 The teams did really well on various levels, how does one even enter.. wow!

[@TobiasSample]

16:28 word, this architect is factoring in psychological impact into the plan! Astronauts would probably really appreciate it

[@voodrin]

Really appreciate the production quality of your content ... Awesome job!

[@bjturon]

Space Architecture has fascinated me for a long time -- probably since childhood with Star Trek, Star Wars, and 2001: A Space Odyssey thinking of what a city on the Moon or Mars might look like, how it would work.

[@davidhosea850]

I can't believe that architectures can be related to psychological things. The Proxemic thing is just like being friend with someone that is different than your environment. You either able to accept it or feel annoyed of his presence.

[@davidcorcoran2591]

These videos feel like a manifesto essay on the topic, so insightful and varied use of credible sources.

[@nelsonvrivera5614]

Like one week ago the algorithm put your videos on my list and already loved and subscribe to the channel. Love how you doing your content.

[@lintonmeyer]

Wow. Congratulations Dami. This is NEXT level content, production value and research...super entertaining, super insightful. I really hope this draws viewership for your channel so that you can keep creating this quality of content.

[@DamiLeeArch]

Thank you 😊🙏 I hope so too

[@tronnika2048]

It got me in! New to the channel, but this is exactly the type of content I ❤

[@tonycheny2309]

I've always been fascinated by Mars and this vdo is great in its idea to mix architecture and Martian exploration. As you mentioned, the human factor is the greater risk and choosing the right concept for a habitat is key to the success of such a mission. In that regard, the Kahn's concept seems very interesting. I would like to see some projects based on the lava tubes and caves that are likely to be found on Mars because, actually it is the best protection you can have against the high level of radiation on the surface of the planet. But, I don't think we will have one day a real colony on Mars, because the environment is to extreme and the journey to go there is extremely hazardous : it takes 7 to 9 months to reach the Martian orbit ; anything can happen and it will be a death sentence because you're far away from home ! Certainly, you will have exploration missions but I'm not sure 1 million people will live there as Elon Musk says. We're the product of billions of years of evolution based on planet Earth and we are entirely fit for that planet and nowhere else

[@DistinctiveBlend]

In a perfect world Elon would already be living on Mars as he plays out his Nero fantasies.

[@jamessullivan5338]

DamiLee, very good video. I've subscribed. I'm glad I've found your channel.

[@AlikaAlitheiA]

I love the way she emphasises words with either left or right side of her mouth... Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

[@greggprettyman9165]

Love your channel Dami! I am a retired California Architect and watching your vids puts me back in Cal Poly where I learned to love ARCHITECTURE in a very detailed and granular way. You take me back and I find joy in your ideas. You mention a trip where you visited 100+ FLLW buildings. Is there a vid about your trip??? I want to do this, your itenery would be nice to see. Wright rocks and is still alive in his projects! Why didn't Arizona build his State Capitol is a real wonder??? I know....$$$ Keep on designing, the world needs us Archies! Prosperity to you, Gregg L. Prettyman, Architect

[@Leaveyt505]

Hi Gregg, congrats on your retirement. A small question, if i might ask.. what is the most important aspect you learnt being an architect? And could you give some other advice?

[@greggprettyman9165]

@@Leaveyt505 Hi There Sadekal. Thank you and YES. I am at Burning Man right now....stuck in the mud. But ask away!

[@Leaveyt505]

@@greggprettyman9165 oke thanks, have a nice day

[@Leaveyt505]

@@greggprettyman9165 I'll come back to it

[@timebundle]

did you forget to come back to it?@@Leaveyt505

[@millermichael]

10 seconds in and I am amazed by the quality of the vide and commentary already, you, maam have earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@ianmatthews7385]

Nice vid. Like how in depth you went into the habitats.

[@amerz2477]

Just came across ur channel. LOVE IT!😊

[@randomdamian]

I love your channel! You always answer things in a structured way where you don't get confused about anything, you also provide some pros, cons and some thoughts on things that aren't fully clear. I'm always happy to watch a video from you, always amazing!

[@greghight954]

Nice video! I think most people do not understand that Marian atmosphere is almost as hostile as the moon and will need the same level of engineered structures and suits. It will be pure hell for many generations of inhabitants.

[@DerekTheAntony]

Great discussion! I like the vertical layout also; I am so easily deterred by my surroundings. Like a boring office space, or drab basement it's hard not to have "tunnel vision" lol

[@steveoshaughnessy3736]

Awesome! You covered things I would have never considered important. Fascinating parallel of submarines, lighthouses, and habitats on hostile planets.

[@DTHRocket]

Fantastic video! Aerospace engineer here-I love seeing things in my field from another perspective.

[@2painful2watch]

Wow!! You have my utmost respect sir.

[@getnospams]

Fascinating. You integrate a much broader perspective of the human experience into your design definition, than other creative disciplines like Industrial Design.

[@esterterrestrial]

I just found your channel and im so grateful cause i have lost interest in so many things and yet you captivate my attention and it tickles my brain. Thank you. ❤

[@axailaniya]

Hi Dami, your videos are SO captivating and have increased my interest in architecture (especially the human side) a lot. Thank you, keep going!

[@AntiAntagonist]

Calhoun's rat cities had some conceptual problems, which Calhoun had specifically tried to nudge the experiment towards. Down the Rabbit Hole has a good video about it (The Mouse Utopia Experiments). Probably still true that a lot of personalities wouldn't be able to handle such tight living quarters for months.

[@thatsamyouknow]

I feel like in a way, being able to see down corridors and into the neighbouring pods is only going to take away that element of surprise more. But when you walk up stairs you have no idea what you're going to see, and that alone makes it exciting. The only way I think the horizontal layout would work is if the various pods are separated more with a longer stretch of corridor between each pod; where the corridors can have different forms or different interiors, and if you are no longer able to see into the next pod. I think that journey of uncertainty between those points is what will create those tiny pockets of excitement, which will make life just a bit more bearable for the crew.

[@RunTheTape]

Inspiring for me as I'm looking to not only envision the pioneers' life on Mars but create 3D models of those settlements, as concept art.

[@triplelattes]

I can see an enormous jump in production quality on this video. Seeing what you are able to do with your team when you can dedicate the majority of your time on your videos makes me excited to see what your studio produces in the coming years. Cheers!

[@basic48]

Wow Demi, suddenly you arrive from nowhere..and spectacularly. The presentation of this video is outstanding and designed with such care to details, it is visually captivating. I see enormous care and planning which is so lacking in many KZbin videos. Yours (my words fail me) is a complete whole with nothing left out. Even watching you speak is an adventure in expressive content. PLEASE, make more, I am a real fan.

[@sergiocolmenares9482]

I have watched many videos and read articles articles about the exploration of Mars, and I find very interesting how your video approached The Human Experience as a key component of the human experience. Great video

[@hungryclone]

This was a great episode. Very insightful. Thanks!

[@davidbrown8730]

Fascinating perspective on our future, and very interesting consideration of how habitat design impacts residents psychologically. I think I want to print one of those huts as my next home! BTW I acquired chicken leg syndrome without ever going to space...it's a byproduct of growing up as a nerd :) Thanks for another amazing video Dami!

[@DamiLeeArch]

Bahaha. Btw this wasn’t the “joke” part I was telling you about. That part was funnier but got cut! 🥲

[@kerwinbrown4180]

Some of those invisible dimensions don't take into account the human ability to adapt. Immigrants always have to adapt to some extent.

[@SkateEverythingProject]

Amazing video!! Production felt like it was on par with Discovery channel, but you're calming, down-to-earth, relatable presentation just made it even more enjoyable than any TV doc. It gave me those tingly feelings of wonder that I haven't felt in a long time, thank you. Bravo!

[@sharadavinge7408]

I got so excited when you mentioned Matamata, like omg someone else knows it exists it's not a dream I had once 😭

[@antonnym214]

At the west end of Valles Marineris is a region called Noctis Labyrinthus. There is a water ice glacier there which contains 36 billion tons or 8.7 trillion gallons of H2O, or just a bit larger than Lake Meade at the Hoover Dam. The canyon floor is 4.35 miles deep, which provides twice the atmospheric pressure: 12.4 millibars, compared to 6.1 millibars at the datum level. The high canyon walls also provide very good protection from cosmic radiation. Noctis will enjoy a relatively mild climate, as it is only 7 degrees south of the equator (236 miles). This would be an ideal choice for our first human activity and habitation on Mars. Expedition => Outpost => Settlement => Colony.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox3101]

I love these people. They live in their own little happy, joy, joy bubble. The doomsday clock is at 90 seconds from midnight and she's talking about a nice bright start trek future.

[@tomaszek919]

I love the way you talk about things beyond architecture using it

[@carmenschumann826]

. . . and I'm really astounded by the depth and variety put into interconnecting analysis of expected and possible physical and psychological problems and challenges of such a mission . . .

[@98of99]

The movie Silent Running is an excellent depiction of such an isolating environment as what early Mars colonies would be like.

[@martinsoppa]

WOW.... Big thumbs up for this episode! You both are a great team and your videos are awesome! Amazing Sci-fi architecture video :D

[@thekidyn]

a very informative and realistic take on living on mars! awesome video Dami (and kudos to the team of course)

[@odesseus]

Another wonderful piece. Thanks, Dami!

[@doom9603]

Good comment on the Japanese walls! But we have in Germany also very thin walls, due to material costs. A few of my friends always complained about them. Despite that, SUPER INTERESTING video. Love to see more :) Yes, you need some distraction and surprise in a very technical area, where you have the private space. Especially if you're doing this for a year. A good example would be oil rigs / oil platforms in the sea or something like that. Just for a longer extended time or like you said, a submarine

[@pyroglyphic1]

I love these videos. You have a gorgeous mind. The cadence, with which you walk through concepts, is both illuminating and exciting. You have a good sense of timing. Keep it up! As a person who's spent a career in science I appreciate you.

[@seatheparade]

This was so fascinating, thank you for making it! I've always wondered how the psychological aspect is considered in building on mars or any potential habitable planet so this was perf

[@mkohlhorst]

One of the developing technology that has me excited about settling mars is the Concrete Canvas Shelters. They inflate and are sprayed with water, at which point they harden into a permanent durable structure. Combined with developing 3D printing technology it would be possible to rapidly setup the beginnings of an outpost.

[@alexcerdan4500]

I love your designs. You have very good ideas. Great job. I really enjoyed this video. So smart and beautiful.

[@346UNCLEBOB]

VERY WELL DONE! Not easy to be this fresh and insightful with a subject that's received so much attention lately. So... Thank you.

[@BadccVoid]

The production of this video is incredible! Great work :) very fun to watch and well researched

[@florianluo8131]

I absolutely love your videos! I have a similar interest in architectural visions and ofc sci-fi , but you bring in your actual expertise to make it make sense

[@universemaps]

This has been very insightful thank you very much!