BIO-TECH Data Centre, 2069

Vision
In 1969, humans first set foot on the Moon. A century later, the BIO-TECH Facility imagines the next leap: a hybrid research and living environment that simulates cosmic conditions to prepare humanity for colonizing other planets. It asks: How can architecture actively participate in constructing scientific knowledge? How can it host a network of stakeholders - scientists, engineers, ecologists, policymakers - and function as a parliament of negotiation rather than a branded workplace?

Data-Driven Architecture
In a hyper-connected world, understanding the universe depends on collecting, processing, and interpreting vast quantities of data. The BIO-TECH Facility operates as a scientific data centre and living laboratory, translating information into spatial form. Thousands of Bio-Module units wrap its façade, archiving human knowledge - languages, ecosystems, processes - and acting as a double-layered shield against hostile extraterrestrial conditions.

Program & Spatial Innovation
Inside, lunar minerals and artificial water bodies reconstruct familiar environments, grounding human experience. Spherical vacuum chambers simulate weightlessness, training inhabitants to walk, eat, and sleep in cosmic conditions. The program merges laboratory precision with the adaptability of creative offices, organizing zones for research, collaboration, experimentation, and data collection around modular systems responsive to multiple users.

Nature-Integrated Systems
By 2069, AI manages air, water, and light to sustain soil-less greenery throughout the facility. Vegetation replaces inert cladding, dissolving boundaries between machine and ecology. The building becomes a living system where plants, data, and people coexist—merging high-tech infrastructure with life-supporting, nature-inspired strategies.

Human-Centred Habitat
Above all, the BIO-TECH Facility asks what kind of habitats we truly want on other worlds. Instead of cold machines, it proposes environments infused with sensibility, beauty, and romance—spaces that celebrate life, nurture connection, and honour what makes us human.