MARS Habitation Project at FAB FEST’17 : WestminsterResearch

Creators	Difford, R.J. and Dall'Igna, M.
Description	For some time Foster + Partners Architects have been working with the European Space Agency to develop 3D printable habitation concepts for deployment on the Moon. They have also been participating in an ongoing NASA-backed competition to propose habitation methods that could be used on Mars. Working closely with Foster + Partners and the University of Westminster department of Computer Science and Engineering, Richard Difford and Miriam Dall’Igna from the department of Architecture led a team of students to develop an installation for FAB FEST’17 ( http://fabfest.london/mars-project/ ). The installation was designed to be fabricated entirely from cardboard and to provide an artificial environment within which prototype autonomous robots could be trained to navigate - simulating the path-finding required for robots to build the conditions for human habitation on Mars.
Keywords	fabrication
Year	2017
Web address (URL)	http://fabfest.london/mars-project/

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Visual Perspective
Difford, R.J. Forthcoming. Visual Perspective.

Infinite Horizons : Le Corbusier, the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau dioramas and the science of visual distance
Difford, R.J. 2017. Infinite Horizons : Le Corbusier, the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau dioramas and the science of visual distance. Journal of Architecture. 22 (5), pp. 825-853. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2017.1351762

Drawing as Research
Difford, R.J. 2016. Drawing as Research. Robin Evans Memorial Series: About Bob Evans. University of Westminster 03 - 03 Mar 2016

Conversions of Relief: on the perception of depth in drawings
Difford, R.J. 2014. Conversions of Relief: on the perception of depth in drawings. Journal of Architecture. 19 (4), pp. 483-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2014.947306

In defence of pictorial space: stereoscopic photography and architecture in the nineteenth century
Difford, R.J. 2012. In defence of pictorial space: stereoscopic photography and architecture in the nineteenth century. in: Camera constructs: photography, architecture and the modern city Farnham Ashgate. pp. 295-312

Infinite horizons: Le Corbusier, the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau dioramas and the science of visual distance
Difford, R.J. 2009. Infinite horizons: Le Corbusier, the Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau dioramas and the science of visual distance. Journal of Architecture. 14 (3), pp. 295-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602360903027970

Stereopsis and still-life
Difford, R.J. 2008. Stereopsis and still-life. Medical Sciences History. 24, pp. 8-25.

Developed space: Theo van Doesburg and the Chambre de Fleurs
Difford, R.J. 2007. Developed space: Theo van Doesburg and the Chambre de Fleurs. Journal of Architecture. 12 (1), pp. 79-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602360701218169

Proun: an exercise in the illusion of four-dimensional space
Difford, R.J. 2006. Proun: an exercise in the illusion of four-dimensional space. in: Madge, J. and Peckham, A. (ed.) Narrating architecture: a retrospective anthology London, UK Routledge. pp. 73-104

Proun: an exercise in the illusion of four-dimensional space
Difford, R.J. 1997. Proun: an exercise in the illusion of four-dimensional space. Journal of Architecture. 2 (2), pp. 113-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/136023697374487

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