Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture

Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture

Former names	The Center for Experimental Architecture (1986–1987)
Type	Public
Established	1986 (1986)
Parent institution	University of Houston
Director	Olga Bannova[1]
Location	Houston, Texas , U.S.
Campus	Urban
Colors	Pantone 2191 U[2]
Website	sicsa.egr.uh.edu

The Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) is a nonprofit academic research and planning organization at the University of Houston. It was founded in 1987 after an endowment gift provided by Japanese industrialist Ryōichi Sasakawa.^[3] The institute supports the world's first and only Space Architecture program, which focuses on the development of habitats and structures in extreme environments on Earth, other planets, and outer space.^[4]