The project responds to the environmental impact of the modern-day space race by proposing an architecture that retrieves, recycles, and archives the excessive amounts of space debris we have left floating in the Earth’s orbit for the past fifty years. Located at Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean, the Nemo Space Archive sits in the most remote location on planet Earth; also known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, lying more than 3,000km away from the nearest coastline.

As a result of its location, Point Nemo has been used by space organisations as the designated disposal site for decommissioned satellites. The Nemo Space Archive, a floating island four times the size of the UK, utilises this unique location to capture satellites, meteorites, and other space debris. Informed by, and constructed from, the latest material advancements such as graphene, the building itself acts as a bulletproof membrane that can withstand the force and impact of falling debris. Underneath this immense veil lies a collection of spaces that, once captured, facilitate the sorting, archiving, and display of these objects lost in space.