The Aurelia Institute has announced a new competition for space urbanism. This competition is inspired by the 1975 NASA Summer Study, which has produced some of the greatest and most impactful conceptual artwork of its kind. I have partnered up with my colleague James Boullion to create a prospective space station concept using Project F12 as a fundamental building block. We use the crystal as a metaphor for how the station grows over time, and as such, we have titled our submission “Garnet”.

Our team has formally completed and submitted our Phase 1 design entry to the Project Hyperion Design competition. This submission encapsulates an integrated and methodical approach to designing a generational starship intended for multi-century interstellar voyages…