Mars city concept Tempe Mensa released by ABIBOO architecture firm

While NASA’s rover explores the planet and Elon Musk plans how to get there, plans for a futuristic city on Mars have emerged.

Cool concept plans have revealed what the first city on Mars could look like.

With NASA currently exploring the Red Planet and Elon Musk hoping to send millions of humans there, architecture studio ABIBOO has released a video of what Mars life may be like.

The architects have designed the city for a region on Mars called Tempe Mensa.

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Sustainability is a driver behind the design. Picture: ABIBOO

Pod style houses are built into the side of a hill. Picture: ABIBOO

NASA’s Perseverance rover is currently exploring Mars. Picture: AFP / NASA/JPL-CALTECH

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The ABIBOO website explains: “The city of Nüwa is on the slope of one of the Martian cliffs with abundant water access, located at Tempe Mensa.

“A steep terrain offers the opportunity to create a vertical city inserted into the rock, protected from radiation and meteorites while having access to indirect sunlight.”

It adds: “Sustainability, but especially self-sustainable development is at the core of the Nüwa design.

“For being self-sustainable, a settlement on Mars needs to be able to obtain all resources locally.

“After a short initial phase relying on capital investments and supplies from Earth, the system should be able to sustain its growth with local resources only.”

The creators worked with scientists to work out what humans would need to survive on the planet.

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The futuristic concept still finds space for vehicles. Picture: ABIBOO

A view out one of the pod homes window. Picture: ABIBOO

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ABIBOO founder Alfredo Muñoz told Euronews.com: “We think it is doable from the technical aspects. [What takes time] is more about ensuring that there is enough will and associations in the international community.”

He thinks construction of the Martian city could begin in 2054.It may be finished by 2100 and then that‘s when the first human occupants could arrive and live permanently.

Humans will need to live in protective homes on the planet because of the radiation, cold temperatures and lack of oxygen.

Some people think the planet could be terraformed so the atmosphere and environment is more Earth-like.

The conceptual city Tempe Mensa is located on a slope on Mars. Picture: ABIBOO

Building a city on Mars is still decades away if it ever happens. Picture: ABIBOO

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Mars city concept Tempe Mensa released by ABIBOO architecture firm