ExoGarden: 3D-Printed Modular Eco-Habitats for Earth and Space

Abstract Modern construction is a major driver of environmental harm and global carbon emissions. ExoGarden is an architectural prototype that reframes cultivation as infrastructure: a modular system for rapid, local growth of edible plants under strict resource constraints. Drawing on space-farming research and bioregenerative life-support principles, it explores closed-loopinspired cultivation in which nutrients and organic “waste” become inputs—supporting food production while reducing dependency on external supply chains. ExoGarden is designed for remote, resource-deprived, or climate-stressed contexts on Earth and in space, and proposes environmental remediation as an architectural function rather than an added feature. This pictorial communicates the project’s formal language, system logic, and exhibition-based prototyping through speculative scenarios, renders, and installation elements, outlining a life-promoting strategy where shelter, food, and ecology are co-designed. Originating as a master’s dissertation, ExoGarden received the Bio Art and Design Award in 2023 and was developed into an installation at MU Hybrid Art House.