Extreme Living

What does it take to deliver real healthcare inside a system built for control? Dave Redemske is an architect and healthcare planner with 30+ years of experience designing at the intersection nobody talks about correctional facilities and clinical care. He's walked through mental health crisis rooms that would break a stable mind. He's fought for exam rooms that look like clinics, not cages. And h...

In this episode of Extreme Living, Anchal speaks with space architect Michael Morris, whose work sits at the intersection of human habitation and space exploration. Michael has spent nearly two decades working with NASA on the design of space habitats and is best known for the iconic Mars Ice House concept, a project that challenged the assumption that Martian habitats must be buried underground b...

What does it take to design buildings for one of the most extreme environments on Earth and where people may live in isolation for months at a time? In this episode of Extreme Living, I speak with architect Hugh Broughton, whose work has helped redefine how we design research stations in Antarctica. Best known for the Halley VI Research Station, Hugh’s work marked a shift from buildings designed p...

What happens when confinement isn’t engineered, labeled, or even recognized as such? In this episode of Extreme Living, I am joined by Astrid Lange to explore non-engineered confinement, psychological and cultural conditions that demand sustained adaptation without formal structure or support systems. Drawing from Astrid’s experience living and working abroad as an English Language Fellow in Rio d...

Living Underwater — Subsea Habitats with Roger Garcia What does it actually mean to live underwater? In this episode of Extreme Living, I’m joined by Roger Garcia, who has spent more than two decades working in underwater human habitation first as an aquanaut living inside subsea habitats, and later leading operations that support long-duration missions. Roger is the former Operations Director of...

In this episode of Extreme Living, Anchal speaks with Andrzej Stewart — an analog astronaut, mission operations specialist, and aerospace engineer who has lived inside long-duration Mars simulation habitats and asteroid analog missions for NASA-related research. Andrzej shares firsthand insights into: • Managing interpersonal conflict inside small, high-stakes crews • Communicating with Earth unde...

A glimpse into Extreme Living — a design inquiry into human isolation, exploring how people live, heal, and adapt in confined or extreme environments - from space stations and Antarctic labs to cancer wards and prisons. Hosted by Anchal, a licensed architect based in New York.