A proposal for LACMA: The symposium will be concerned with ‘habitability’ as a general phenomenon influencing the planning and design of undersea vehicles and stations, lunar bases, space stations, spacecraft, museums, terrestrial vehicles and structures, public art, and urban settlements. The symposium will probe our current understanding of the concept of habitability, the factors which influence the quality of life associated with various environments; the need for and characteristics of habitability criteria; the planning and design of a ‘habitable’ environment; and will further seek to develop testable hypotheses relevant to this subject.

This class would be a followup to the Turrell/ Irwin/ Garnett/ Serra. Public School class.