Space architects on the design of spaces without gravity
Der Standard podcast [in German] Who hasn’t dreamed of what it would be like to live on another planet? Waking up on the ...
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BBC sounds – How are extraterrestrial spaces being designed?
Ella Al-Shamahi talks to two space architects from Austria and the US to hear about how living spaces will be created for the ...
LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth – Architecture for Extreme Environments
rauminhalt_harald bichler – space & content, Vienna, Austria. Part of the series “Art and Science in Dialogue” ...
Astronauts Settle into Moon Orbit Habitat with Austrian Expertise
Austrian Press Agency. Before the “International Habitation Module” (Lunar I-Hab) orbits the Moon as part of the ...
LIQUIFER exhibition
LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth.Architecture for extreme environments | The exhibition is part of the focus series: Art and science ...
We design habitats for outer space
“Exploring the Final Frontier: A Glimpse into the Innovative World of Space Architecture with LIQUIFER”, article ...
LIQUIFER book presentation at ESPI
You are cordially invited to the book presentation and conversation LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth: Architecture for Extreme ...
Lunar I-Hab Mock-up
Lunar I-Hab Mock-up acceptance review was a complete success! Under contract to Thales Alenia Space – Italy the Lunar I-Hab ...
Living Beyond Earth. Architecture for Extreme Environments
On April 2nd 2024, Barbara Imhof was invited to a talk at the art academy in Tallinn – EKA. The dean of the architecture ...
Perspektiven
Leben im All, 6. March 2024, 17:30 (in German). Barbara Imhof in an interview with Monika Fischer, podcast as part of the ...
Iglus aus Mondstaub sind keine Lichtjahre entfernt
“In terms of our resources, we should already be living on Earth as if we were on an alien planet. We should plan cities ...
Weltraumarchitektur/Space architecture.
LIQUIFER featured in the Welt TV documentary Living in the universe. View [in German] on youtube under the permanent link ...
AIAA Associate Fellows, Class of 2024
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced managing director of LIQUIFER Dr. Barbara Imhof newly ...
Fused Layer Deposition
Fused Fiber Layer Deposition (FFLD) of Lunar regolith June 2023 – November 2024 European Space Agency (ESA) project In future ...
LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth
Architecture for Extreme Environments published by PARK BOOKS Designing in the extreme: LIQUIFER Systems Group pushes the ...
LIQUIFER. Living Beyond Earth
Designing in the extreme: LIQUIFER Systems Group pushes the boundaries of all living spaces and develops projects and prototypes ...
Podcast interview
A new interview with LIQUIFER about space architecture, how we work and what project we currently develop and how science fiction ...
How to make roads on the Moon
/ Laser melting manufacturing of large elements of lunar regolith simulant for paving on the Moon, a scientific article about ...
Austria in Space : Space Architecture
This is how we will live on the moon and Mars Houses made of dust, inflatable space stations and greenhouses for hostile places: ...
HARMONISE
Recycling of hardware for Moon and Martian settlement September 2022 – August 2024 ESA Express Procurement Plus – EXPRO+ ...
Designing for Earth by living in Space
Barbara Imhof shows how architecture is developing beyond the boundaries of our planet to study zero-waste housing systems, in ...
This is (not) rocket science!
Space science informed by Citizen Scientists Initiated by the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology, LIQUIFER and 10 other ...
Czech Space Week 2022
As part of a panel on ‘Prospective directions in space research with high commercial and scientific ...
LUWEX water on the moon
Validation of Lunar Water Extraction and Purification Technologies for In-Situ Propellant and Consumables Production November ...
Encounters with Spacewalkers
Niamh Shaw and Barbara Imhof talk about their personal encounters with astronauts and what they have learned from them. This is ...
When two space architects meet …
Interview for FLUTER with Waltraut Hoheneder and Barbara Imhof discuss learning from planning space habitats for building on ...
A-Loop
A-Loop commercial LEO space station post-ISS December 2021 – April 2023Airbus project for ESA RFI Concept study under a ...
Co-Corporeality of Humans, Machines, & Microbes
New open access BOOK out! Developed through the artistic research project Co-Corporeality, edited by
Barbara Imhof, Daniela ...
Sea Edge Ecologies of the Future
2022 Cove Park, Loch Long, Scotland, UKArt residency June 6th to July 1st 2022Sea Edge Ecologies of the Future as part of City As ...
Co-Corporeality
of Humans, Machines & Microbes OPEN ACCESS On architecture, AI, and microbiology The theory of Co-Corporeality is based on a ...
HOMO SPATIUS
HOMO SPATIUS 30 November 2021 – 30 January 2022 LIQUIFER are exhibiting their RegoLight project as part of a three-month long ...
PAVING THE ROAD
Paving the road for large area sintering of regolith June 2021 – December 2022European Space Agency (ESA) project A ...
Human Performance in Space
new Space Specials PODCAST – listen to Human Performance in Space. Barbara Imhof speaks to Dr. Virginia Wotring, professor ...
ESERO Austria – Building for space
Building for Space, 1 June 2021 Barbara Imhof presents as part of the ESERO Austria symposium two space architecture projects: ...
Reciprocities: the earth – space continuum.
Reciprocities: the earth – space continuum. 18 May 2021 Barbara Imhof in conversation with space architects Christina Ciardullo ...
AIAA Space Architechture Gathering 2020
Barbara Imhof presents the achievements of LIQUIFER in space architecture at the 2020 AIAA Los Angeles-Las Vegas Space ...
How to reinvent your business models after COVID-19
Alongside prominent international space figures such as Jan Wörner, ESA Director General and Nick Appleyard, Head of Space ...
MADAME WIEN
Architektur am Limit ohne Schwerkraft by Astrid Kuffner, July ...
LIVING MACHINES
Growing Structures: Bioinspired Innovation Insights for Architectures and Robotics Barbara Imhof invited to speak about Space ...
ZERO GRAVITY
ERES Foundation, Munich, Germany. ZERO GRAVITY: Apollo 11 and the new notion of space, 20 July 2019 – 1 February 2020. LIQUIFER ...
MOON
LONGING, ART AND SCIENCE Natural History Museum (NHM), Vienna, Austria. OUR MOON: LONGING, ART AND SCIENCE, 30 October 2019 – 1 ...
RESIDENT ALIEN
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, New York, USA. RESIDENT ALIEN, 25 September 2019 – 17 February 2020. LIQUIFER exhibiting ...
Transcripts
Of An Architectural Journey Musings towards a new genre in [space] architecture Transcripts Of An Architectural Journey – ...
The Undivided Mind
2015 Delhi, India The Undivided Mind, Art & Science Residency, Khoj, International Artists’ Association 16–28 February ...
Mars Simulation
2016 Rio Tinto, Spain Mars Mission Simulation 16-29 April 2016 Testing key technologies for project MOONWALK Included ...
Moon Simulation
2016 Marseilles, France Lunar gravity Simulation – off-shore Marseilles 6-10 June 2016 Testing key technologies for project ...
Mobiles in Mobile
2017 Antarctica Mobiles in Mobile – 1st Antarctic Biennale Expedition 17–28 March 2017Commissioned by Alexander ...
Deep Sea Minding
2018 Hunga Tonga, Hunga Ha’apai, Tonga Islands, South Pacific Deep Sea Minding, Thyssen-Bornemisza Academy, The Current II ...
BIORNAMETICS
WHAT IS THE ARCHITECT DOING IN THE JUNGLE? WHAT IS THE ARCHITECT DOING IN THE JUNGLE? BIORNAMETICS – Architecture defined ...
BUILT TO GROW
Blending Architecture and Biology BUILT TO GROW – Blending Architecture and Biology Editors: Barbara Imhof, Petra ...
SHEE
Executive Summary Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE) – Executive Summary (2016) European Union – 7th ...
MOONWALK
Executive Summary MOONWALK – Executive Summary (October 2016) European Union – 7th Framework Programme for Research and ...
EDEN ISS
Executive Summary EDEN ISS – Executive Summary (April 2019) European Union – Horizon 2020 (EU-H2020) project, topic of Space ...
Living Architecture
Executive Summary Living Architecture – Executive Summary (June 2019) European Union – Horizon 2020 (EU-H2020) research ...
TRAILER
July 2019 – August 2021European Space Agency (ESA) project Trailer develops a novel architecture for the robotic cooperation ...
SynBio4Flav
Providing a path for the standardized production of flavonoids January 2019 – December 2022European Union – Horizon 2020 ...
Co-Corporeality
responsive spaces in the era of biomediality May 2019 – April 2022 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) as part of PEEK 2018 ...
GATEWAY I-HAB
International Habitation module for the lunar orbital platform July 2018 – September 2019European Space Agency (ESA) Phase A/B ...
Living Architecture
metabolic apps for transforming our habitats from inert spaces into programmable sites April 2016 – June 2019European Union – ...
All exhibitions (list)
Complete list of exhibitons 2024 KIKK – Stellar Scape, Namur, Belgium. Astronomy and space exploration. LIQUIFER presents ...
EDEN ISS
Ground Demonstration of Plant Cultivation Technologies and Operation in Spacefor Safe Food Production on-board the International ...
URBAN
Conceiving a lunar base using 3D-printing technologies January 2018 – November 2018European Space Agency (ESA) general study ...
RegoLight
Sintering regolith with solar light November 2015 – April 2018European Union – Horizon 2020 (EU-H2020) project, topic of ...
MOONDIVE
March 2015 – March 2018European Space Agency (ESA) general study, under a subcontract to COMEX The International Space Station ...
Erdöl und Erdgas
Permanent Exhibition by LIQUIFER at the Vienna Technical MuseumSince October 2014 The Erdöl und Erdgas (Oil and Natural Gas) ...
MOONWALK
Human-Robot Collaboration November 2013 – October 2016European Union – 7th Framework Programme for Research and ...
GrAB
Growing As Building May 2013 – February 2016Research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) as part of PEEK 2012 ...
SHEE
Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments January 2013 – December 2015European Union – 7th Framework Programme for ...
LUNA
Analogues for preparing robotic and human exploration on the moon – needs and concepts September 2014 – October 2015European ...
LavaHive
August 2015 Competition – NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge – 2015 World Maker Faire New York, NYThird Prize LavaHive is ...
FASTER
Forward Acquisition of Soil and Terrain for Exploration Rover November 2011 – November 2014European Union – 7th ...
Space – The Exhibition
Space is not somewhere out there. It is all around us. Exhibition by LIQUIFER at the Vienna Technical MuseumOctober 2013 – ...
BIORNAMETICS
Architecture Defined by Natural Patterns 2010 – 2013 Research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) in frame of ...
MEDUSA
from subsea to moon 2012LIQUIFER in-house project co-funded by COMEX & Delft University of Technology The objective of ...
ISS – Sleep Kit
A sleeping bag for zero gravity 2010 – 2012LIQUIFER IN-house project co-funded by the Austrian Aeronautics and Space Agency ...
Home on the moon
Vienna, Austria Private residence – renovation 2010 The conversion of a private residence in Vienna sought to provoke ...
RAMA
Rover for Advanced Mission Applications November 2007 – February 2009European Space Agency (ESA) project /under subcontract to ...
BIOS
Permanent Exhibition at BIOS National Park Center in Mallnitz, Carintha, Austria Since 2008/09 The BIOS National Park Ranger ...
Deployable Getaway
for Space Stations for the International Space Station 2007 – 2009LIQUIFER in-house project co-funded by the Austrian ...
Deployable Getaway
for the Office 2007 LIQUIFER IN-house project co-funded by Departure – the creative agency of the City of Vienna [BI1]* The ...
MOKI
MObiles KIndermuseum 2007 Competition proposal for FESTO, Austria MOKI – MObiles KIndermuseum is the design proposal created by ...
All Live Differently
Living In The Future 2007 Competition – BUWOG, Vienna All Live Differently is a housing structure that enables flexible ...
VISITAIR
Information Center, Vienna International Airport Permanent Exhibition by LIQUIFER at the Vienna International Airport Since ...
BEFLECKTE ERKENNTNIS
Is there life on Mars? Installation by LIQUIFER at the Planetarium, Vienna, Austria, part of the exhibition “die wahr/falsch ...
FIPES
Facility for Integrated Planetary Exploration Simulation 2005 – 2006 European Space Agency (ESA) Phase A – Definition ...
SKYLAB 5
Exhibition by LIQUIFER at the ZOOM Kinder Museum, Vienna, Austria September 2005–March 2006 This interactive exhibition for ...
EXOMARS Rover
A flagship mission of the Aurora program 2004Consultants to European Space Agency (ESA) In 2001, the European Space Agency ...
Office Convertion
2004Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) The renovation of the first FFG’s 1900-premises accommodates new programmatic ...