Criteria

CRITERIA

 All submitted entries should clearly demonstrate the ideas, themes, and designs for each of the following criteria in response to the programs below:

PROGRAM AND CHARACTERISTICS

The ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE INITIATIVE “MOBILE MEDIA CENTRIC HABITATION AND WORK SYSTEM” shall at minimum accommodate the following program:

• the dry weight shall be 1200-1500 kg maximum mass
• 500km minimum radius of operation
• 5kW min power generation
• life support for 3 people for up to 15 days
• towable/drivable/boatable/amphibious
• Operation between 10 °C and -40 °C
• galley
• toilet/shower
• first aid facility
• communications facilities
• workspaces/rest spaces
• Stable operation with winds up to 85km / hr

ADDITIONAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS:

• rest bunks
• buoyancy
• natural light source use
• provision for modularity of systems on site
• snow smelter
• sauna
• grey and black water recycling
• ability to support 19-inch frame technologies