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Recently a question was asked of the twitter verse requesting input:

"Totally hypothetical of course...but if you were building a modular set of bunkers on Mars, what kind of bunker rooms would you want to have? Again, totally hypothetical. (Mar 3, 2021)"

I am assuming the question was seeking what rooms you would want as compared to what architectural construction design you would want.

So, considering transportation costs, weight, future costs of manufacturing on Mars (or the moon), limited construction manpower and perhaps construction techniques that might not be available, what would your answer be?

Keep in mind that all the money in the world will not buy you an off-world mansion (for various logistical reasons) so think space efficient, necessary, buildable, multi-purposed and environmentally sustainable (interior sustainability). Remember to include a utility module as you will be recycling just about everything from air to waste.

Consider this:

Going to Mars, the moon perhaps, or just a long leisure flight between here and there? No matter which of the three you say, it is going to be a long, tedious, isolating experience. The boredom of routine and monotony will eventually get to you. The monotone colours of the blackness of space, or the unbroken grey of the moon or the red of Mars will eventually have you going to your eye doctor to see if there is a problem with your vision.

For years to come the interiors of your habitat or flight vehicle will be efficient, cluttered, sanitary in design. A hospital room will be more interesting, but it doesn't have to be this way.

Referring back to the J-Pod construction shapes I have mentioned in various post within this blog, there is ample potential to alleviate the bleak habitats to make them more appealing and visually stimulating. Being of a panel construction design consider the options of decorating your space to suit yourself without adding the usual trappings of modern living.

Habitat designs and rooms such as are shown in many an artists concepts of colonial living are not in the near future so an interim design is needed. This same panel concept can easily be applied to your starship birth in transit to your destination.

Efficient use of space and materials is necessary for the foreseeable future in interplanetary transport and colonization so the "cabin" you have on board may well become part of your habitat once you get planet side. Bleak walls and "battleship grey" would be poor choices for a prolonged period of time so live a little, decorate, but efficiently, and with minimal weight consequences.

These artists visualizations of off-world habitation are fancy, spacious, futuristic and a long way off.