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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

S. Häuplik-Meusburger, V. Holzgethan, M. Aguzzi, O. Lamborelle, B. Rukschcio, P. Petrova, V. Kumer:
"2050 - Living on Mars: Children design future Habitats";
Talk: International Astronautical Federation - IAC 2010, Prague, Czech Republic (invited); 09-27-2010 - 10-01-2010; in: "Proceedings of the 61th IAC (International Astronautical Congress)", IAF, (2010), Paper ID IAC-10-E5.2.2, 6 pages.



English abstract:
Children aged between 7 - 12 years have expressed their vision of future living on other planets. The workshop was held in July, at the Vienna University of Technology (VUT) in the frame of the `Vienna Children´s University´.
It was the third of a series of educational workshops to combine Architecture and Astronautics for children.
Experts were invited to impart knowledge on selected scientific topics in form of input-lectures as well as in 1:1 dialogues with the children during the workshop. The overall topic of the workshop was to design a habitat on planet Mars. The children were free to decide the habitat type, usage and size but were given two focus points.
They were motivated to imagine (1) how to live and work together within a confined and restricted habitat and (2) think of a `house´ as a closed-loop-system in terms of supply and return. Supported by the experts and experienced astronaut trainers the 30 young spacearchitects transformed their visions into reality in the form of models and drawings.

German abstract:
Children aged between 7 - 12 years have expressed their vision of future living on other planets. The workshop was held in July, at the Vienna University of Technology (VUT) in the frame of the `Vienna Children´s University´.
It was the third of a series of educational workshops to combine Architecture and Astronautics for children.
Experts were invited to impart knowledge on selected scientific topics in form of input-lectures as well as in 1:1 dialogues with the children during the workshop. The overall topic of the workshop was to design a habitat on planet Mars. The children were free to decide the habitat type, usage and size but were given two focus points.
They were motivated to imagine (1) how to live and work together within a confined and restricted habitat and (2) think of a `house´ as a closed-loop-system in terms of supply and return. Supported by the experts and experienced astronaut trainers the 30 young spacearchitects transformed their visions into reality in the form of models and drawings.

Keywords:
Future Habitats, Children, Workshop, Astronautics, Architecture

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