The Mars Parabol

The “Mars Parabol” represents an ambitious housing project conceived for a future colony on Mars. This project aims to initiate the transition from current large colonies to single-family or multi-family residences. The Mars Parabola is a program designed to create microclimates, where each unit is not designated for a colony, but rather for an independent family.
As Martian colonization progresses, inhabitants of large urban centers opt to leave these centers in search of valuable resources to trade with colonies and Earth. This aims to avoid long daily commutes or dangerous expeditions lasting months. Thus, the Mars Parabol program emerges.
This program consists of residences composed of two main elements: the shell and the internal modules. Given that families grow over generations, it became necessary to develop a project that would allow for the expansion and adaptation of modules within the shell.
The shell is constructed using advanced printing technology that combines Martian soil with biological properties to generate a self-supporting mass. Its structure is reinforced by its morphology, specifically designed to mitigate the high incidence of solar radiation, given that Mars lacks an atmosphere capable of blocking UV radiation.