# Honeycomb Housing Concepts The Design For a Home on Mars Allows Future Humans to Live in a Beehive By Alyson Wyers | Published 2014-08-27 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/home-on-mars References: [fastcoexist](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3034770/a-beehive-for-humans-designed-so-we-can-live-on-mars) & [thingiverse](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:360924) According to Noah Hershberger, our future home on Mars resembles a beehive. The 3D product designer conceived the Queen B (Bio-Shielding) model, winning [NASA's](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar-surface-base) Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Makerbot challenge to design a bio-shielding dwelling for Mars. The two bedroom two bathroom apartment is a [hexagonal structure](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/airhive) with modular compartments that can endure constant space radiation, extreme temperatures and frequent dust storms. In addition to basic appliances, the honeycomb-like building can be arranged to have rooms for a garden or 3D printer room. A heated water container would go underneath the apartment for central heating purposes while an air purification system would provide oxygen to the [futuristic abode](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hata-dome). Depleted uranium panels would be placed on the exterior walls to manage radiation, while the geometric wall shape diminishes heat loss inside. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 70% | Activity: 29% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Home](https://www.trendhunter.com/home) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Modular Housing:** The Queen B model showcases the potential for modular housing in extreme environments like Mars. - **Bio-shielding Architecture:** The bio-shielding design of the hexagonal structure offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for creating safe and habitable spaces in harsh conditions. - **Sustainable Living Solutions:** The incorporation of a garden and 3D printer room highlights the trend towards sustainable living solutions even in space exploration. ### Who This Affects Most - **Space Exploration:** The design for a bio-shielding dwelling on Mars opens up opportunities for the space exploration industry to create long-term habitable structures in space. - **3D Printing:** The inclusion of a 3D printer room in the honeycomb housing concept presents an industry opportunity for 3D printing technology in space colonization projects. - **Sustainable Architecture:** The integration of a garden and sustainable living solutions in the concept of the Queen B model suggests a potential disruption in the sustainable architecture industry for designing eco-friendly and self-sustaining structures. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sustainable Alien Planet Colonies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colony-concept.md) - [Honeycomb-Inspired Terracotta Walls](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beehive-system.md) - [Urban pollinator architecture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/host.md) - [Underground Autonomous Shelter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plan-b-1.md) - [Inflatable Moon Habitats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blompod.md) - [Bee-Habitual Rural Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foxglove-house.md) - [Modern Mobile Futuristic Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nestron.md) - [Geometric Structural Forest Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/c-house.md) - [Climate-Responsive Prefab Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drop-pod.md)