Light as a condition
of inhabitation
How light behaves at the boundary of matter, and what that means for the spaces we inhabit, on Earth and beyond it.
Mineral optics
Natural minerals photographed in polarized light: inclusions, zoning and optical anomalies, where geophysics, art and material research meet.
Helios Ark
A multigenerational interstellar habitat for the voyage to Proxima Centauri b, among the ten best designs of the Project Hyperion Challenge 2025. The project and my work for the International Planetary Sunshade (IPSS) are presented on the atelier's site.
ViewStojković, J. (2026). Light as a Condition of Inhabitation: Constructing Time, Dwelling, and Biological Order in a Sunless Interstellar Habitat. Planetary Architecture 2026 (PLANARCH), Alfaisal University, Riyadh. Abstract accepted.
Maheswaran, T., Ulu Tok, İ., Vaziri, R., Walz, N., Stojković, J. (2026). Bridging Perceptions: Co-Designing Climate Literacy on Space-Based Solar Radiation Management through Global Digital Dialogue. Sunshade Workshop, Nottingham, 13 to 15 May 2026.
Maheswaran, T., Vu, A., Seidelmann, P., Stojković, J. (2025). Integrating Asteroid Materials into Lunar Sunshade Architectures. Poster. Space Resources Week 2025, Luxembourg.
Maheswaran, T., Stojković, J., Salman, L., Santaeufemia, S., Drčelić, B., Arnold, S., Rieker, A., Schwaiger, V., Maier, F., Butscher, M. (2025). HELIOS ARK: a multigenerational interstellar spaceship for humanity's next frontier. 28th IAA Symposium on Human Exploration of the Solar System, 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, paper IAC-25-A5.4.5, pp. 146 to 156. International Astronautical Federation (IAF). doi.org/10.52202/083078-0016
Space Station Design Workshop (SSDW) 2026, Munich, 22 to 28 August. Expert and mentor for architecture. The mission of the year: a lunar base to service a highly automated commercial in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) plant, at the south pole of the Moon. I worked on the guide for the architecture position and mentored the student teams.
I presented HELIOS ARK with Tharshan Maheswaran at the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025), Sydney, 29 September to 3 October 2025.
EarthCup, Mission 1, Race 1, 2026, ongoing. Member of team VEER, part of the International Planetary Sunshade (IPSS) project at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS), taking part in the challenge with the IPSS team.
Project Hyperion Challenge 2025. Helios Ark, among the ten best designs of the international competition for a generation ship.
Fast Forward Science 2025, Sonderpreis Energie. Solar Energy from Space: The IPSS Concept. Entry of the International Planetary Sunshade (IPSS) team. Architecture and visualisation: I translate the engineering of systems in space into images and spaces that people outside the field can read.
Bild, July 2025. Projekt „Hyperion“: Entwürfe für neues Generationen-Raumschiff gekürt