Project Description

IZANAMI is a capsule of intimacy, designed to carry couples through their final moments beyond Earth. IZANAMI is a space shuttle that gently supports terminally ill couples, creating a private, peaceful space for their final moments together. As we designed IZANAMI we considered the newfound potential for smaller spaces when placed in the unique environment of outer-space, including zero-gravity/ multi-dimentional, orbit, flow, and continuity.

Our geometry is a sphere with an inner torus-ring. The ring is enmeshed with a durable Teflon fabric. The ring functions as the capsule for circulation of the body and the architecture. This capsule in space gives ultimate intimacy and privacy for the couple. This duration and ritual of dance between the couple lies within the geometric origami tectonics. On the other hand the ephemeral design of the torus allows for ample interplay of light in orbit, and the inner mesh separates the internal spaces to create a gentle subdivision between the outside and inside. 

As an open structure, it can be adapted as a staple architectural space in any human community in orbit. Can it be a private space for love to sprout? For reproduction and birth? Sexual needs? The absolute enclosure and that can be ideal for many of these activities never considered before in space architecture. The IZANAMI carries deep intimacy within the walls for couples to explore. 

The target is its attachment to spacecraft on mission, or as sanctual, singular space standing alone in planetary urban environments. The 10m3 was a conceptually productive volume that anchored an intimate narrative about the body moving, and the architecture moving with it.