Symposium Workshop Exhibition
June 14th – June 16th 00 – Vienna – Austria

This event is being organized in collaboration with the Austrian space agency [ASA] and the Vienna University of Technology, institute for Design and Building Construction. Sponsors are the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, the Austrian Ministry of Science, Education and Culture, the Museum of Applied Arts and the faculty of architecture at the Vienna University of Technology.

The prelude to this event was the FUTURE SHELTER design project undertaken by the architecture students at the Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Design and Building Construction.

The central theme of the symposium is Mars Exploration. it will feature talks by experts involved in endeavors for exploring the red planet.

Symposium 15.06.00 large lecture hall | 1.st floor

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Intro – Eva-Maria Schmitzer
Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology – Department of Space Affairs
Rudolf Schmidt – ESA – Mars Express
Lutz Richter – DLR – Mars Rover Development
C o f f e e b r e a k
John Connolly – NASA – JSC – Houston – Texas
Kurt Micheels – Mars Society – Project Manager of the Mars Arctic Research Station
L u n c h
Intro University of Technology – Munich – Institute for Architecture and Product Development – Richard Horden
Students present 3 projects for one Mars Habitat
S h o r t b r e a k
Team of students of the University of Technology – Munich – Institute f. Arch. a. Product Dev. – Richard Horden
3 projects for one Mars Habitat
Teams of students of the University of Technology – Vienna – Institute for Building and Construction – Helmut Richter
Mars Surface Habitat
Panel discussion – chair – Werner Balogh – ASA
John Connolly [NASA – Johnson Space Center] Gregor Eichinger [architect – EOK – Vienna], Kurt Micheels [Mars Society] Lutz Richter [Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt] Rudolf Schmidt [European Space Agency] Eva-Maria Schmitzer [Austrian Ministry of Transport, Technology and Iinnovation] Andreas Vogler [Institute for Architecture and Product Development – Richard Horden]

Conclusions – Klaus Pseiner – ASA
Helmut Richter – University of Technology – Vienna – Institute for Design and Building Construction
D i n n e r b u f f e t