Moon Life speculates on the possibility that humans will live in space in the future. With this thought in mind, the project is a stimulus for artists, architects and designers to create futuristic, radical, political but humane concepts for an extreme lunar environment.

As it probably will be very likely in the future that life in space will be possible and human bases on the moon or mars will be created. Moon Life focuses on the impact this would have on our daily lives and therefore wants to examine the potentialities and challenges of life on the moon not only in the fields of architecture, design but also for social, political and public life.

Space research is usually directed by governmental, military interests, hence some inventions acquire an almost hostile appearance. Take the development of a ‘National Missile Defense System’, the space race (which nation is the first to reach the Moon or Mars,…) as a few among many examples.
Moon Life proposes that 40 years after the first human being set foot on the moon and Virgin Galatic and KLM are offering space travelling, it is time for a more democratic, peaceful, artistic and cultural investigation of space. Artists, designers and architects are encouraged to radical thinking towards concepts of habitat design for the moon to create a platform for the public to engage with these notions, and discuss the ‘public-ness’ of the possibility of living on the moon.

The extraterrestrial context with its extreme conditions, restrictions and opportunities forces us to abandon familiar points of departure in the design process. The fact that this can lead to innovative and functional tools for our earthly existence has already been proved by the aerospace industry (Velcro, microwave, Internet, laptop, MP3 player and airbag).

With the interdisciplinary character of the project (science, technology, art and design) in a futuristic context, Moon Life aims to initiate a new development in design culture. Is it possible to create a future-oriented, innovative impulse for instance in the same way that Constant’s New Babylon did in his time?