Constance Adams is a specialist in high-performance architecture and design innovation, particularly in systems for human spaceflight, and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Adams spent fifteen years supporting NASA and international human spa
...MoreConstance Adams is a specialist in high-performance architecture and design innovation, particularly in systems for human spaceflight, and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Adams spent fifteen years supporting NASA and international human space missions at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. In 2006, Adams’ firm synthesis int’l partnered with Foster+Partners to design the first purpose-built commercial spaceport terminal in New Mexico for Virgin Galactic. Formerly CTO of HOUZE Advanced Building Science, a for-profit venture seeking to producing affordable zero-energy housing for America, Adams’s work has been published in Metropolis, Wired, Newsweek, The New York Times, I.D., Popular Science, Architectural Record and other journals; she has taught, lectured and exhibited widely.
Winner of several NASA awards for innovative technologies, Adams shares the design copyright on the first human-rated inflatable spacecraft. National Geographic honored her in 2005 for her work in space and terrestrial architecture and the adaptive transfer of sustainable technologies.
A Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Adams holds degrees from Harvard/Radcliffe College and Yale University. She is currently developing a user-centered design standard for Bechtel Corporation and working with an international team to develop a global typeface for Mars.
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The Constructed Environment
