SPACE DESIGN. THE FUTURE OF INTERPLANETARY HUMANITY_1ST EDIITON
(Conferences, FUTURE SCENARIO ELABORATION)
- Language: ITALIAN
- Campus: SPAZIO ESTERNO AL POLIMI
- Enrollment: 12-03-2024to hour 15:00 on
15-03-2024 - Subject area: Tools|Tech and society
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- Teacher in charge
- DOMINONI ANNALISA
- Credits
- 2
- Hours to attend
- 4
- Prerequisites
Politecnico di Milano Bachelor and Master of Science students.
- Max. number of students
- 200
- Selection Criteria
- In order of arrival, with priority given to School of Design students.
- Topics:
- BODY TRANSFORMATION, FUTURE SCENARIOS, HUMANSPACEFLIGHT, SPACEDESIGN
- Tag
- Aerospace, Interaction design, Interior design, Fashion design, Product design, Materials, Fashion, Environmental and social sustainability, Science, Social, Sport
Description of the initiative
This first edition launches a series of initiatives promoted by ESA_LAB@PoliMi_Design on the theme of "Design for Space", in which different themes will be addressed from time to time to stimulate the creativity of participants to imagine future scenarios for humanity in space in 2050, based on current scientific knowledge.
The course lasts one month. It begins with two lectures by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro, focusing on design perspectives taken from their book "The Cities of the Universe. What will it be like to live on other planets?" (Il Saggiatore 2023) which will serve as inspiration to express a future vision that is representative of an environment, a product, a garment, but also an experience.
The future scenario is developed taking inspiration from the themes discussed in the conferences during a period of four weeks after the opening conference and will be returned through an elaboration (for which a format will be provided) consisting of three pages: story (1), moodboard (2) and design concept (3).
The first theme deals with "the body and its transfiguration" in the transition from Earth to space, where confinement and reduced gravity have a profound impact on human physiology, psychological and emotional aspects, cognitive and motor skills: changing the shape, posture, perception of space, the way of moving and moving and changing the systems of relationships between the body, the environment and the objects of use.
The second theme addresses the theme "living on the Moon" by exploring the environmental conditions that force us to revise our entire design theory and practice: such as gravity, which is only 1/6th of Earth's and allows us to be much lighter, or cosmic radiation and solar storms, which suggest building underground habitats by exploiting the lava tubes already present, or again, the lack of nature, which generates the need to reproduce it for our psychophysical well-being.
Designing for space means confronting different physical laws that are not part of our terrestrial experience, and developing an ability to "predict" behaviours, uses and gestures that stimulate the imagination: how will the environment we design be lived in, how will the new objects react in microgravity, and how will they be used by astronauts? What experiences could we create to take advantage of reduced gravity?
Going further, how will the human body be modified in space in 2050? Will we be mutants in space and time?
How will we inhabit the Moon in 2050? How will we recreate contact with nature? What will we cultivate to make our sustenance autonomous from the earth's supply?
What environments, objects, clothing, equipment, experiences will we need to enhance our wellbeing and performance? What should we design to improve interplanetary life and make it more sustainable and inclusive?
The course lasts one month. It begins with two lectures by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro, focusing on design perspectives taken from their book "The Cities of the Universe. What will it be like to live on other planets?" (Il Saggiatore 2023) which will serve as inspiration to express a future vision that is representative of an environment, a product, a garment, but also an experience.
The future scenario is developed taking inspiration from the themes discussed in the conferences during a period of four weeks after the opening conference and will be returned through an elaboration (for which a format will be provided) consisting of three pages: story (1), moodboard (2) and design concept (3).
The first theme deals with "the body and its transfiguration" in the transition from Earth to space, where confinement and reduced gravity have a profound impact on human physiology, psychological and emotional aspects, cognitive and motor skills: changing the shape, posture, perception of space, the way of moving and moving and changing the systems of relationships between the body, the environment and the objects of use.
The second theme addresses the theme "living on the Moon" by exploring the environmental conditions that force us to revise our entire design theory and practice: such as gravity, which is only 1/6th of Earth's and allows us to be much lighter, or cosmic radiation and solar storms, which suggest building underground habitats by exploiting the lava tubes already present, or again, the lack of nature, which generates the need to reproduce it for our psychophysical well-being.
Designing for space means confronting different physical laws that are not part of our terrestrial experience, and developing an ability to "predict" behaviours, uses and gestures that stimulate the imagination: how will the environment we design be lived in, how will the new objects react in microgravity, and how will they be used by astronauts? What experiences could we create to take advantage of reduced gravity?
Going further, how will the human body be modified in space in 2050? Will we be mutants in space and time?
How will we inhabit the Moon in 2050? How will we recreate contact with nature? What will we cultivate to make our sustenance autonomous from the earth's supply?
What environments, objects, clothing, equipment, experiences will we need to enhance our wellbeing and performance? What should we design to improve interplanetary life and make it more sustainable and inclusive?
Duration
dal March 2024 a April 2024
Calendar
Inizio attività:
Conferenza 18 Marzo 2024 ore 18.30-19.30, Cineteca Milano Arlecchino
ANNALISA DOMINONI, BENEDETTO QUAQUARO
IL CORPO E LA SUA TRASFIGURAZIONE DALLA TERRA ALLO SPAZIO
SGUARDI ALTROVE. WOMENS'S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – 31st EDITION
Conferenza 21 Marzo 2024 ore 18.00-19.00, Auditorium PoliMi 100 - Lecco
ANNALISA DOMINONI, BENEDETTO QUAQUAROABITARE SULLA LUNA E SU MARTE. FANTASCIENZA O FUTUROLEGGERE IL PRESENTE, RE-IMMAGINARE IL FUTURO. FESTIVAL LEGGERMENTE 2024 – XV EDIZIONE
Fine attività:Consegna dell'elaborato 21 Aprile 2024 entro ore 18.00, online (indirizzo fornito dopo l'iscrizione).