The winners of the second Australian Space Architecture Challenge (ASAC) have been announced, with futuristic designs of deep-space human habitats on the moon’s surface showcased.

University of Adelaide’s Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources (ATCSR) hosted the challenge with 110 teams from across the globe participating in this year’s event—an increase from 80 participants in last year’s inaugural competition.

This year’s challenge theme ‘Built on the Moon’ required teams to design a lunar settlement at the Central Operations and Habitat Zone of the Australian Lunar Village near the Moon’s South Pole.

The Umbra project — designed by students at the University of Stuttgart in Germany — took home the $3000 grand prize.

Their futuristic hub design showcased built-in greenhouses, recyc

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