Temple of Life, Mars

Format: 2D and 3D Prints, Deployable Martian Habitat Design as Audio-Visual Installation.

Inspired by Earth’s essential gift of breathable oxygen, this project envisions a monument to commemorate the future arrival of life on Mars. Addressing themes of space, power, and human aspiration, the "Temple of Life" is a conceptual architectural landmark designed as a sanctuary for spirituality and survival in a posthumanist era. Imagining Mars as a potential refuge, this structure reflects the long-term goal of terraforming to sustain human and other life forms, as an Earth-like oasis in the case of a future planetary catastrophe, akin to the fate of the dinosaurs.

The "Temple of Life" envisions a self-sustaining, oxygen-generating structure powered by Martian resources, utilizing subsurface ice and Cyanobacteria from Earth. Its modular architecture, imagined as fleets of autonomous 3D-printing robots, is designed for deployment onboard rockets like SpaceX’s Big Falcon Rocket for Mars missions. Constructed from the Martian regolith, this pressurized oasis provides refuge and habitat on Mars, proposing a phased establishment process. Symbolizing an "Aesthetic of Power," the temple reflects the shift in human presence beyond Earth and anticipates a new era of interplanetary migration and the evolving discourse on humanity's relationship with the cosmos.

Images from Srishti Grad show 2018, Bangalore