Looking to the future of space exploration, there really is no question that it will involve a growing human presence in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This will include not only successors to the International Space Station, but most likely commercial habitats and facilities. These will not only allow for ventures like space tourism, but will also facilitate missions that take us back to the Moon, to Mars, and even beyond.

With this purpose in mind, an interdisciplinary team of MIT graduate students designed a space habitat known as the Managed, Reconfigurable, In-space Nodal Assembly (MARINA). This module would serve as an privately-owned space station that would be occupied by two anchor-tenants for a period of ten years; a luxury hotel that would provide orbital accommodations, and NASA.

For their invention, the team won first prize in the graduate division of the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Design Competition Forum (RASC-AL), a yearlong graduate-level competition hosted by NASA. This challenge involved designing a commercial module for use in low Earth orbit that could also serve as a Mars transit vehicle in the future.

In the future, LEO will become home to commercial modules (like the Bigelow Aerospace B330 expandable module, shown here), will become a reality. Credit: Bigelow Aerospace

Since 2002, RASC-AL competitions have sought to engage university students and advisors for the purpose of coming up with ideas that could enhancing future NASA missions. For this years competition, NASA asked teams to develop human spaceflight concepts that focused on operations in cislunar space i.e. in, around, and beyond the Moon that could also facilitate their proposed Journey to Mars by the 2030s.

Specifically, they were tasked with finding ways to leverage innovations and new technologies to improve humanitys ability to work more effectively in microgravity. With this in mind, the themes for this years competition ranged from from the design of more efficient subsystems to the development of architectures that support NASAs goal of extending humanitys reach into space.

These included new designs for a Lightweight Exercise Suite, Airlock Design, concepts for a Commercially Enabled LEO/Mars Habitable Module, and concepts for a new Logistics Delivery System. As Pat Troutman, the Human Exploration Strategic Analysis lead at NASAs Langley Research Center, said in a NASA press statement:

We are carefully examining what it will take to establish a presence beyond low-Earth orbit, where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems needed for challenging missions to distant destinations, including Mars. The 2017 RASC-AL university teams have developed exciting concepts with supporting engineering analysis that may influence how future deep space infrastructure will look and operate.

Members of the MIT team (from left to right): Caitlin Mueller (faculty advisor), Matthew Moraguez, George Lordos, and Valentina Sumini. Credit: MIT/MARINA team

Led by Matthew Moraguez, a graduate student at MITs Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) and a member of the Strategic Engineering Research Group(SERG), the MIT team focused on the theme of creating a Commercially Enabled LEO Habitat Module. Their concept, which incorporates lessons that have been learned from the ISS, was designed with the needs of both the private and public space sectors in mind.

As George Lordos a graduate fellow in the MIT System Design and Management(SDM) Program, and a team member of both MARINA and SERG explained:

Just like a yacht marina, MARINA can provide all essential services, including safe harbor, reliable power, clean water and air, and efficient logistics and maintenance. This will facilitate design simplicity and savings in construction and operating costs of customer-owned modules. It will also incent customers to lease space inside and outside MARINAs node modules and make MARINA a self-funded entity that is attractive to investors.

To meet their goals for the competition , the team came up with a modular design for MARINA that featured several key innovations. These included extensions to theInternational Docking System Standard (IDSS) interface (used aboard the ISS), modular architecture, and a distribution of subsystem functions throughout these modules. As Moraguez explained, their design will allow for some wide-ranging opportunities.

Modularized service racks connect any point on MARINA to any other point via the extended IDSS interface, he said. This enables companies of all sizes to provide products and services in space to other companies, based on terms determined by the open market. Together these decisions provide scalability, reliability, and efficient technology development benefits to MARINA and NASA.

Another important benefit comes in the form of cost-savings. According to NASA estimates, the recurring cost of MARINA will be about $360 million per year, which represents a significant reduction over the current costs of maintaining and operating the ISS. In total, it would offer NASA a savings of about $3 billion per year, which is approximately 16% of the agencys annual budget.

But what is perhaps most interesting about the MARINA concept is the fact that it could serve as the worlds first space hotel. According to Valentina Suminia, a postdoc at MIT who contributed to the architectural concept, the space hotel will be a luxury Earth-facing eight-room space hotel complete with bar, restaurant, and gym, will make orbital space holidays a reality.

Other commercial features include serviced berths that would be rented out to accommodate customer-owned modules. This goes for the stations interior modularized rack space as well, where smaller companies that provide contract services to on-board occupants would be able to rent out space. Would it be too much to ask that it also has robot butlers?

The RASCAL competition began in August of 2016 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and concluded on June 2nd, 2017. The top overall honors were awarded to the teams from Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland for their space habitat concepts, known as Project Theseus and Ultima Thule, respectively.

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Commercial Architectural Fees is about what the typical rates people and organizations and governmental agencies routinely pay for various commercial architectural services. In particular, this webpage focuses on commercial, rather than residential project types. However, it needs to be remembered that residential projects do fall within Group 5 complexity.

COST OF CONSTRUCTION % BASIC FEES IN BLDG COMPLEXITY GROUP . 1 2 3 4 5 . (least complex -> most complex)

up to $100k 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% $100k+ to $200k 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% $200k+ to $300k 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% $300k+ to $400k 5.9% 6.9% 7.9% 8.9% 9.9% $400k+ to $500k 5.8% 6.8% 7.8% 8.8% 9.8% $500k+ to $600k 5.7% 6.7% 7.7% 8.7% 9.7% $600k+ to $700k 5.6% 6.6% 7.6% 8.6% 9.6% $700k+ to $800k 5.5% 6.5% 7.5% 8.5% 9.5% $800k+ to $900k 5.4% 6.4% 7.4% 8.4% 9.4% $900k+ to $1M 5.3% 6.3% 7.3% 8.3% 9.3% $1M+ to $1.25M 5.2% 6.2% 7.2% 8.2% 9.2% $1.25M+ to $1.5M 5.1% 6.1% 7.1% 8.1% 9.1% $1.5M+ to $1.75M 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% 9.0% $1.75M+ to $2M 4.9% 5.9% 6.9% 7.9% 8.9% $2M+ to $2.5M 4.8% 5.8% 6.8% 7.8% 8.8% $2.5M+ to $3M 4.7% 5.7% 6.7% 7.7% 8.7% $3M+ to $3.5M 4.6% 5.6% 6.6% 7.6% 8.6% $3.5M+ to $4M 4.5% 5.5% 6.5% 7.5% 8.5% $4M+ to $5M 4.4% 5.4% 6.4% 7.4% 8.4% $5M+ to $6M 4.3% 5.3% 6.3% 7.3% 8.3% $6M+ to $8M 4.2% 5.2% 6.2% 7.2% 8.2% $8M+ to $10M 4.1% 5.1% 6.1% 7.1% 8.1% $10M+ to $12M 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% $12M+ to $14M 3.9% 4.9% 5.9% 6.9% 7.9% $14M+ to $16M 3.8% 4.8% 5.8% 6.8% 7.8% $16M+ to $18M 3.7% 4.7% 5.7% 6.7% 7.9% $18M+ to $20M 3.6% 4.6% 5.6% 6.6% 7.6% $20M+ to $22M 3.5% 4.5% 5.5% 6.5% 7.5% $22M+ to $24M 3.4% 4.4% 5.4% 6.4% 7.4% $24M+ to $27M 3.3% 4.3% 5.3% 6.3% 7.3% $27M+ to $30M 3.2% 4.2% 5.2% 6.2% 7.2% $30M+ to $33M 3.1% 4.1% 5.1% 6.1% 7.1% $33M+ to $36M 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% $36M+ to $39M 2.9% 3.9% 4.9% 5.9% 6.9% $39M+ to $42M 2.8% 3.8% 4.8% 5.8% 6.8% $42M+ to $46M 2.7% 3.7% 4.7% 5.7% 6.7% $46M+ to $50M 2.6% 3.6% 4.6% 5.6% 6.6% $50M+ and up 2.5% 3.5% 4.5% 5.5% 6.5%

In the chart above, k= thousands, M= Millions.

LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY This is a tried and true method of understanding the relative amount of detail, and therefore, amount of work, or hours, that an architect can devote to creating a project design and set of Construction Documents. Construction Documents usually consist of Working Drawings and Specifications. There are also further Contract Documents that include the architects advice and counsel in developing forms of agreement between the owner and the contractor and other other consultants and entities.

The level of complexity of architectural projects is illustrated here: Architectural Project Level of Complexity.

The reason this is important is that various organizations assign higher or lower percentage fee rates to the project type, based on the project Level of Complexity. So, it is first important to assign a Level of Complexity to the project under consideration. The referenced chart ranges from Group1 (Least Complex) to Group 5 (Most Complicated). Understanding this, we can then begin to understand the fee ranges on the various charts that organizations around the world and North America associated with the project type.

For a long time, 6% of the cost of construction was the magic fee rate for a lot of commercial architectural work. However, this has changed, moving into the 8% range for many project types and even higher, due to the continuing complexity being built into buildings these days. However, the greater the construction cost, the lower fees are, because at the lowest level, it does actually cost more to produce a project because of the basic tasks an architect must perform for any project to provide a reasonable set of documents and design effort.

USA State governments are a fairly reasonable standard by which to judge fee rates, as they want a good value for the use of state funds, and they also understand that they are employing some of the state taxpayers to design the projects. Therefore, the rates established seem like a good median range for many commercial projects across the USA, North America and possibly globally. These entities appear to agree of the broad cross section of fees and project complexities.

The chart above is largely based on State Governments in the USA. These can be seen here: Other Fee Sources.

Architectural projects of all types of complexity (including SFR (Single Family Residential) are represented in the chart above, because SFR fall under the Group 5 category (the most complex).

Based on the chart above, the following ranges of architectural fees result for these various project types for BASIC SERVICES (exclusive of optional additional services, depending on the organizations policies):

GROUP 5 PROJECT FEES (Single Family Residences, specialized decorative buildings, custom furniture): 6.5% architectural Basic Fee for Over $50 million construction cost, to: 12% architectural Basic Fee for $100,000 construction cost and under. this means, using this chart, that a: $500,000 house may have an architectural Basic Services Fee of 9.8% $750,000 house may have an architectural Basic Services Fee of 9.5% $1M house may have an architectural Basic Services Fee of 9.3% $1.5M house: 9.1% $2M house: 8.9% $3M house: 8.7% $4M house: 8.5% $5M house: 8.4%

GROUP 4 PROJECT FEES (Aquariums, auditoriums, art galleries, college buildings with special facilities, communications buildings, special schools, theaters and similar facilities): 5.5% for over $50M construction cost to: 11% for up to $100,000 construction cost.

GROUP 3 PROJECT FEES (College classroom facilities, Convention Centers, Prisons, Extended Care Facilities, Gymnasiums, Hospitals, Institutional Dining Halls, Laboratories, Libraries, Medical Schools, Medical Office Buildings and Clinics, Mental Institutions, Office Buildings withe Tenant Improvements, Parks, Playgrounds, Recreation Facilities, Police Stations, Public Health Centers, Research Facilities, Schools (elementary/middle), Stadiums, Welfare Buildings, Central Utility Plants, Water Supply Facilities, Sewage Treatment Plants, Electrical Sub-Stations and Distribution Systems, Roads, Bridges, Major Site Improvements as independent projects): 4.5% for over $50M construction cost to: 10% for up to $100,000 construction cost.

GROUP 2 PROJECT FEES (Armories, Apartments, Cold Storage Facilities, Dormitories, Exhibition Halls, Hangers, Manufacturing/Industrial Plants, Office Buildings without tenant improvements, Printing Plants, Public Markets, Service Garages): 3.5% for over $50M construction cost to: 9% for up to $100,000 construction cost.

GROUP 1 PROJECT FEES (Industrial Buildings without special facilities, Parking Structures and repetitive garages, Simple Loft Structures, Warehouses without automated apparatus, other Utilitarian Buildings): 2.5% for over $50M construction cost to: 8% for up to $100,000 construction cost.

RENOVATIONS: it should be mentioned that the fee chart above (which was derived largely from State project fee schedules in the USA) does NOT include increases in fee percentage for renovations of each type of project. It Should, but it does not. Therefore, it may be a reasonable rule of thumb to INCREASE the percentage fee for the project type by perhaps two shifts to the right (increasing the complexity level) to result in at least a 2% escalation in fee to handle some of the increased requirements involved with renovation projects, which nearly always require more effort than new projects. Renovation projects always involve some form of investigation and discovery, which requires more time on the part of the architect to understand what is existing in order to add to it or move it or remove it. It is always easier to build new, from the architects perspective, than to have to understand what exists, then how to carefully change certain portions of that to have new features installed and added.

Therefore, Renovation projects will nearly always add to the complexity and therefore the hours an architect will need to spend on a project, and for that reason, the percentages for renovations are usually higher than for new projects. There is no hard and fast rule about this increase in percentages, but for discussions sake this might typically be somewhere on the order of perhaps 2% to 5% more than for New Projects. This can and will vary, depending on the project. For instance: hospital renovation projects can be significantly more than for a warehouse renovation.

RECORD DRAWINGS ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR RENOVATION PROJECTS: There is a wild card Additional Service that can and will increase the percentages indicated above: RECORD DRAWINGS. See Architect Services for an explanation of Record Drawings. These are needed for most renovation projects. These are almost always provided at an hourly rate, above and beyond other services being provided. This is one of the reasons that Renovation projects are often more demanding and therefore, more expensive, in terms of architectural fees than new projects. Regarding Record Drawings: even if the owner has existing Paper drawings, the architect will still have to redraw those, typically from scratch, on the architects computers, in order to have usable electronic drawings. Very few architects these days draw anything on paper, certainly few documents that end up being used for actual Construction Drawings. Most architects create their designs, drawings and specifications on computers. Therefore, if there are not electronic construction documents accurately depicting the existing projects arrangements of features, the architect will have to perform work to measure and understand existing conditions, usually through field measuring, then convert those field notes into computerized drawings that become usable to the architect during his or her creation of the renovated design.

It is the rare owner who actually possesses electronic drawings, particularly for a residential project, and in the software compatible (usable) with the architects latest software, and that they actually indicate what was built. There are usually numerous changes during construction and the new architect will typically need to revise any documents provided by the owner for the new project in order to have a reasonably reliable depiction of existing conditions from which to proceed with the new design work.

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