First visitors explore the Martian House on Bristol’s waterfront

Visualisation of Building a Martian House installed in Museum Square outside M Shed © Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+

Martian House, an artwork and research site from Bristol artists Nicki Kent and Ella Good, is now open to the public.  It is located next to the M-Shed on the waterfront in Bristol, with a programme of workshops running until the end of October.  If you would like to visit or take part in any of the workshops take a look at the project website Take Part – Building A Martian House . Nicki Good has said:

“Located on M Shed Square, Bristol, Building a Martian House is not an exhibition or a Martian simulation experience, rather it is a research site and artwork to help us think about the future. 

The exterior of our Martian House is being built as an empty shell. From August to October 2022 we will be filling it with inventions, colours and responses to what a future resourceful community could look like. We are working with a group of volunteers from Bristol who are going to help fill the house with colours, designs, inventions and ideas for future living”.

Some of the reviews already out:

Martian house on Bristol’s harbourside unveiled – BBC News

Building a Martian House review – will this be your tiny gold-foil room on Mars? | Architecture | The Guardian

‘There’s no final answer’: public let in to help furnish Bristol’s Martian House / The Guardian