2025 | Professional
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Vision
Exactly 100 years after the first Moon landing, this speculative BIO-TECH Facility reimagines the architecture of life beyond Earth. Conceived as a hybrid research and living environment, it prepares humanity for planetary colonization while redefining the science facility as a parliament of negotiation—a place where scientists, ecologists, engineers, and policymakers collaborate on interplanetary futures.
High-Tech & Futuristic Design
The project transforms data into architecture. Thousands of Bio-Module units wrap the façade, storing cultural and scientific knowledge—languages, ecosystems, and processes—while forming a protective double layer against harsh extraterrestrial conditions. Spherical vacuum chambers simulate weightlessness for everyday rituals such as walking, eating, and sleeping, preparing inhabitants for cosmic life.
Biomimicry & Nature-Inspired Strategies
By 2069, AI regulates air, water, and light to sustain soil-less greenery throughout the building, dissolving boundaries between machine and ecology. Plants become integral façade components, replacing inert cladding with living systems and demonstrating a future where technology and nature are mutually supportive.
Program & Spatial Innovation
The facility combines laboratory precision with creative office adaptability. Programmatic zones for research, collaboration, and experimentation are organized around modular units that respond to different stakeholders’ needs. Lunar minerals and water bodies reconstruct familiar environments, anchoring the human experience in an otherwise alien context.
Human-Centred Habitat
Beyond technical performance, the project addresses the emotional and cultural dimensions of space habitation. It asks: What kind of habitats do we truly want to inhabit on other worlds? Instead of cold machines, it proposes environments infused with sensibility, beauty, and romance—spaces that celebrate life, foster connection, and honour what makes us human.
Impact
Merging high-tech systems with life-supporting, nature-inspired strategies, the BIO-TECH Facility offers a blueprint for architecture that is at once futuristic, ecological, and deeply humane.
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Parn Shyr Design
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Conceptual Design - New Category
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HIT Development
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Commercial Architecture - Hotels & Resorts
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HZS Design Holding Company Limited
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Commercial Architecture - Hotels & Resorts
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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Student Design - Commercial Architecture