Space Oasis Delft is an official TU Delft Dream Team that explores how humans could one day live on Mars, and what that teaches us about sustainable living on Earth. Each year, our team consists of students from all backgrounds, like architecture, life sciences and engineering. Architects design the spatial layout and atmosphere of the habitat, life scientists and nanobiologists focus on food, health and closed-loop life support, and engineers make sure the entire concept is structurally, thermally and operationally feasible for a real-life mission.
Our goal as a Dream Team is to speed up innovation in circular living. A Martian settlement must be radically efficient: built with in-situ materials such as regolith, using every kilogram sparingly, and constantly recycling water, air and nutrients. At the same time, its inhabitants need reliable life support (breathable air, nutritious food, clean water) and a habitat that safeguards their mental well-being over long, isolated missions. In Space Oasis Delft, all these aspects come together in one integrated concept and a physical pavilion in Delft. In our team, students can design, build and test a realistic Martian habitat while prototyping solutions that could also transform sustainable living on Earth.