CanSpace Design
Competition
CanSpace Design Competition 2026/27
The crew faces intense isolation and confinement during extended lunar missions. Habitats must move beyond survival, and towards sustainability and harmony. We challenge students across Canada to design the interior architecture of a permanent, four-person lunar surface habitat.
SEDS-Canada
NASA — history.nasa.gov/SP-400/p3.htm
The mission
“Architecture involves forging harmony around the human system, balancing culture, biology, planetary knowledge, and technology.”
The Millennium Charter
Five figures of merit
Usability
Task efficiency, workspace clearance, ergonomic reach.
Flexibility
Configuration range, reconfiguration efficiency, multifunctionality.
Livability
Personal space, privacy, environmental comfort.
Sustainability
Resource efficiency, repairability, system durability.
Communication
Clarity of design intent, system relationships, assumptions, evidence, and architectural reasoning.
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