from elon musk’s mars city plans to bjarke ingels’s mars space simulation city in the UAE desert, proposing concepts for living on the red planet is the most prevalent and outlandish project involving space at the moment. mars city design – an international competition focused on building sustainable cities on the planet in the next century – offers an opportunity to further explore these alien proposals and as such, has announced its 2017 edition winners. these are divided into categories: architecture, urban design, transportation, sustainable design, and artificial intelligence

‘nomadicizer’ by reza eslami & asal shokati, 2nd winner in transportation