Students make house design for humans in Mars

Students of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) have come up with a house design for humans in Mars and will soon construct the prototype.
Student researchers Pranav Sanghavi, Ashutosh Jadeja and Manu Manish Jaiswal, guided by Prof Satyajit Ghosh, senior Professor at School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT, presented a paper at a recent conference on Mars at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA.
The paper had combined design components with a planetary climate simulation, a release from VIT said.
Ghosh was quoted as saying that the team simulated the Martian climate with a state-of-the-art code to help optimise the house design. The team presented a "robust design" using the most sophisticated architectural tools, he said.

The team had designed their building in a cuboidal form with a curved roof so that light from the sky could be positioned appropriately to optimise solar gains.
"The wall in the building comprises Titanium Aluminium alloys, fibreglass and insulating aerogels. This unique man- made fabric associated with a unique building form ensures that the temperature in the dwelling neve gets cold than 25 degree," Sanghavi was quoted as saying.
The team will soon construct a prototype of the house at VIT's School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, the release said, adding that VIT founder-chancellor G Viswanathan has assured them of all necessary support.