The “ArchiSpace” project, presented by Universidade Portucalense through CIAUD-UPT, has won funding from the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Action Networks, an instrument of Horizon Europe, as it stands out for its innovative and interdisciplinary research area, based on the study of architecture in extreme environments.
A pioneer in a new field of international and inter-sectoral research in Europe, “ArchiSpace” unites geology and spatial sciences with architecture and spatial architecture, whose role is fundamental in designing comfortable, safe, and functional habitats.
The CIAUD-UPT group is a multidisciplinary team of architects, materials scientists, psychologists, and educators, including Mariana Correia (Portuguese Lead Researcher), Telma Ribeiro, Ana Lima, Susana Milão, Joaquim Flores, Isabel Clara Neves, Rui Florentino, Bruno Andrade, Alexandra Araújo, Pedro Rodrigues, and Sandra Fernandes. This project will produce the report on habitat in extreme environments, the guidelines on psychological adaptation to extreme environments, the report on design in space with a “green” approach, and the guidelines for architecture and construction on Earth, on the Moon, and on Mars.
Starting on 1 November 2024 and ending in October 2028, the project has been approved in the areas of Geology, tectonics, volcanology; Architecture, smart buildings, smart cities, urban engineering; Sustainable design (recycling and environment), eco-design; Earth observations from space; and Remote sensing.
This project “is the result of a consortium made up of the International Planetary Science Research Institute (Italy, Coordinator); Universidade Portucalense (Portugal); T.U. DELFT (Netherlands); University of Lyon 1 Claude Bernard (France); Vertico BV (Netherlands); HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (Hungary); Cadi Ayyad University (Morocco); and G. d’Annunzio Chieti University – Pescara (Italy).
