phillipe rahm

wow, this is exactly what I am discussing.

"For people to feel comfortable in a heated room there must be equilibrium in the exchange of heat occurring via convection between their bodies and the surrounding air. This equilibrium is of course relative to clothing, from nudity in the bathroom, to the thermal protection of blankets, to light clothing worn in the living room. Today, confronted with the will to economize energy resources, the demand is to set up in each building, and even each room, a precisely calculated thermal capacity in order to expend only the energy that is strictly necessary."

i am interested in making an architecture which conforms, or resists(?) a specific condition;

an architecture made not out of convention. the study of the immaterial subjects associated with the architecture (on the electromagnetic spectrum~ radio waves, infrav red, visible light, uv leads to an understanding that architecture is about these immaterial sensations, like heat within the body. to maintain homoestasis the body reacts to external temperatures in order to maintain a constant body temperature. but life events create external temperatures on a regular basis and it is understanding these events, culturally? maybe they are social customs, etc. that allow we to explore this further. etc. in the yoga studio, the temperature is 42C and it is completely socially normal to be drenched in sweat. However, to be completely drenched in sweat at a business meeting might raise a few eyebrows. the shift in a cultural situation has to do with condition. and condition has a direct relation to the human body as temperature, for instance.

to study this concept more indepth, the immaterial consequences developped out of the cultural situations is studied through movement of the body (human or a layer of the human- car, vessel, clothing) to vary body temperatures, and through this movement, choreographed or spontaneous, conclusions can be made based on cycles, patterns, etc and models can be formed to further inform this discussion.




experiment 1.1

I recorded the surface and air temperature of the studio.

the synchronization is what ultimately determined the immediate temperatures. the window let in exterior air, which cooled my hands. then i recorded my hand temperature, and m legs got cold. i recorded my leg temperature, and then i placed my hands on ,my lap top, and recorded my lap top temperature. then my hands warmed, so i recorded the floor temperature, and then the closest in proximity is the wall so i recorded the interior of the wall temperature. next i would stand on the table and measure the bulletin board temperature, and the the wall temperature just below the window.

each time i did this, the temperatures did vary. the air temperature was for the most always +1C higher than the interior wall temperature. and the wall below the window was the coldest. my hands and legs varied temperatures a lot. but besides the temperature recordings themselves, my interest is the system.

the sequence of actions preformed, radiated heat to particular things in time, and gave me the temperature values. if i were to do the recordings a different way, i would get different termperature values i am sure. therefore i can control my system of recording by moving in a certain way, to get certain results.