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Space architecture
in its simplest definition, is the theory and practice of
designing and building inhabited environments in outer
space.[1] The architectural approach to spacecraft design
addresses the total built environment, drawing from diverse
disciplines including physiology, psychology, and
sociology as well as technical fields. Like architecture on
Earth, the attempt is to go beyond the component elements
and systems and gain a broad understanding of the issues
that affect design success.[2] Much space architecture work
has been in designing concepts for orbital space stations
and lunar and Martian exploration ships and surface bases
for the world's space agencies, chiefly the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Urban space
Urban space has been structured in similar laws to interior
space. For example, in the category of interior space, we
would be talking about the corridor and the room.
Similarly, square and the street are the basic elements of
the urban space. The only difference is the dimensions of
walls which bound them and by the patterns of function and
circulation which characterise them. In brief descriptions,
square is produced by the grouping of houses around an
open space and the street is a product of the spread of a
settlement once houses have been built along the available
space.
The term ‘urban space’ can be simply described as external
space in town. It is seen as open, unobstructed space for
movement in the open air, with public, semi public and
private zones. Furthermore, the ‘concept of urban space’ is
to designate all types of space between buildings in towns
and other localities as urban space. If we take the aesthetic
criteria into consideration, every urban space has been
organized according to its socio-political and cultural
attitudes.