Mars. Designing mobility for a world without infrastructure

Mars. Designing mobility for a world without infrastructure

How do we design vehicles for a world without roads, infrastructure or established support systems?

Mars challenges almost every assumption we make about vehicle design. Through industrial design, this research explores how humans might move, work and explore the Martian surface, developing lightweight, modular and repairable vehicles that respond to the extraordinary demands of an extraterrestrial environment.

But the challenge is not simply how humans might survive on another planet. It is how they might live there. This research explores how mobility can support psychological wellbeing, independence, comfort and the simple joy of exploration, giving people the freedom to venture beyond the familiar and imagining what vehicles could mean to those who might one day call Mars 'home'.

By embracing one of the greatest design challenges imaginable, this research seeks to push the boundaries of what mobility can be, reimagining the relationship between people, vehicles and the environments they explore. Not simply designing for survival, but for the possibility of a human future and culture on Mars.