At the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, visionary innovators Dava Newman and Guillermo Trotti unveil the BioSuit® — a pioneering concept redefining how humans may one day inhabit other worlds.
Unlike traditional, rigid space suits, the BioSuit® functions as a second skin — a flexible, intelligent system that fuses design, biology, and technology. Developed through years of MIT-led research, it provides mechanical counterpressure and mobility far superior to conventional suits, enabling astronauts to move naturally in extreme environments.
Presented under the theme “Intelligens: Natural. Artificial. Collective.”, the project sits at the intersection of architecture, human adaptability, and space innovation. It asks profound questions about the role of design in humanity’s next great leap — becoming an interplanetary species.
In Venice, the BioSuit® is more than a technological marvel — it’s a philosophical statement: that the architecture of our future may begin not with buildings, but with the human body itself.
