Flat Earthers and Climate Control

 

If the Earth was a sphere, all the water would run to the lowest point. With this point made this proves the Earth is flat and we can design flat site design architecture. Obviously these claims are not realistic. Realistically we as architects have a choice in design to have a more critical role in the environmental sustainability of our planet.

 “At the same time, in very few decades the field of architectural sustainability has gone from being a proclamation originally rooted in the post-hippy context, with individualistic and romantic manifestations – often inspired by Buckminster Fuller, crossed with different thinkers – to becoming a logotype headed by large engineering companies and some architects who originally encouraged hi-tech architecture.” (p.1) Quote from Inaki Abalos’s Aesthetics and Sustainability: Alternatives.

Abalo later in the reading talks about using air as a construction tool for designing for the environment and sustainability. I find this idea of designing with and for the invisible a beautiful concept. This lead me into the Phillipe Rahm reading where he also talks about designing for the invisible such as air, sound, and climate. The challenge I found in these readings were how can we design for the invisible while still creating attractive and engaging architecture.

What is invisible? Sound, Emotion, the Super Natural (potentially), Air, Temperature, and Time.