Wednesday, October 27, 2010
thesis_abstract
Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a specific location at a certain time, which is occurred by meteorologic variables such as air flow and pressure (wind), moisture, temperature, and cloudiness. Due to its instability and constant change in condition, weather is considered as a highly uncontrollable and unpredictable environment.
It is common to think that weather is beyond human scale and capability to control and predict. However, human has developed the ability to control the conditions of weather. For example, recent climate change in Asian region is, in fact, caused by excessive human activities. Also new scientific technology to optimize the condition of ionosphere such as cloud seeding and many attempts to create weather control system for the military such as weaponized weather show the possibility of controlling the weather, and furthermore the climate.
Then what if architects become a creator/controller of the (dynamic) weather and at the same time, a designer/producer of a refuge from this artificial weather? Architecture has been developed as a means to provide a shelter from exterior, which separates one from the extreme weather. Therefore an architect has designed an interior space that provides an adequate environment surrounded by separating walls, which isolates one from the exterior (natural) weather. However, it would create an unusual relationship between weather and architecture, and hermetic and reactive atmosphere/environment, if architects design artificial weather conditions, and utilize the specific characteristics of these weather conditions.
Thus this thesis will use the weather as an agent to create a fluctuating relationship between atmosphere/environment and architecture. Also it will explore transformed conditions and revised notions of architecture, as producing a hermetic refuge that encloses the interior to account for the extremes as well as creating a responsive object that opens up to the extremes.
The format of weather maps to explain the artificial conditions designed by architects and the graphs/charts of scientific data will be developed in architectural format drawings as an approach to explore the relationship/connection between the weather conditions and architecture, and as a methodology to study new notion of weather and architecture. Also for further investigation of this thesis, the particular conditions of artificial weather and architecture should be developed as an artifact to explain the thesis. Possibly the exploration in the existing technologies in meteorology of creating artificial weather will be considered as well.
It is common to think that weather is beyond human scale and capability to control and predict. However, human has developed the ability to control the conditions of weather. For example, recent climate change in Asian region is, in fact, caused by excessive human activities. Also new scientific technology to optimize the condition of ionosphere such as cloud seeding and many attempts to create weather control system for the military such as weaponized weather show the possibility of controlling the weather, and furthermore the climate.
Then what if architects become a creator/controller of the (dynamic) weather and at the same time, a designer/producer of a refuge from this artificial weather? Architecture has been developed as a means to provide a shelter from exterior, which separates one from the extreme weather. Therefore an architect has designed an interior space that provides an adequate environment surrounded by separating walls, which isolates one from the exterior (natural) weather. However, it would create an unusual relationship between weather and architecture, and hermetic and reactive atmosphere/environment, if architects design artificial weather conditions, and utilize the specific characteristics of these weather conditions.
Thus this thesis will use the weather as an agent to create a fluctuating relationship between atmosphere/environment and architecture. Also it will explore transformed conditions and revised notions of architecture, as producing a hermetic refuge that encloses the interior to account for the extremes as well as creating a responsive object that opens up to the extremes.
The format of weather maps to explain the artificial conditions designed by architects and the graphs/charts of scientific data will be developed in architectural format drawings as an approach to explore the relationship/connection between the weather conditions and architecture, and as a methodology to study new notion of weather and architecture. Also for further investigation of this thesis, the particular conditions of artificial weather and architecture should be developed as an artifact to explain the thesis. Possibly the exploration in the existing technologies in meteorology of creating artificial weather will be considered as well.
Monday, October 25, 2010
site as thesis
weather is the condition of the atmosphere in one area at a particular time. it occurs due to air density difference between one location and another; weather condition varies in different geographical locations, and thus, how people perceive the weather also varies based on the geographical locations.
particularly, in korea, the dynamic weather conditions dominate the whole peninsula, by shaping not only the weather itself, but also the culture. due to the geographical aspect of peninsula, surrounded by the continent of china and russia, japan, and pacific ocean having each different climate natures, little change in air density impacts deeply on the peninsula. especially the formation and combination of four major air masses - siberian, yangtze-river, okhotsk, and north pacific - is the key to understand the dynamic and unstable weather conditions is korea.
siberian air mass, which is very cold and dry, formed above the atmosphere of continent, mainly affects korea in winter. due to its unstable nature, the winter weather in korea is extremely hard to predict. yangtze-river air mass is also continental air mass, and is warm and dry. when it passes through korea from west, it brings yellow dust from china and creates big dust storms in korea during spring and fall. both okhotsk and north pacific air masses are oceanic air mass. thus their air is humid. the only difference is that okhotsk air mass is rather warm, while north pacific air mass is extremely hot. when these two air masses meet, it forms the seasonal rain front and it lasts for a month. it becomes a lull when the power of okhotsk air mass is weakened. and finally when okhotsk air mass is weakened, north pacific ocean extends its influence in korea.
these unique characters in weather in korea affect the creation of unique notion of weather. since the change in weather is quite often and unstable, korea has twenty four subdivided seasons. each season has six subdivisions, and each subdivision specifically explains the characters of not only the weather condition, but also the activities and perception based on each season. for example, in spring, a subdivision called “kyungchip”, means the day when frogs wake up from the long hibernation during winter.
particularly, in korea, the dynamic weather conditions dominate the whole peninsula, by shaping not only the weather itself, but also the culture. due to the geographical aspect of peninsula, surrounded by the continent of china and russia, japan, and pacific ocean having each different climate natures, little change in air density impacts deeply on the peninsula. especially the formation and combination of four major air masses - siberian, yangtze-river, okhotsk, and north pacific - is the key to understand the dynamic and unstable weather conditions is korea.
siberian air mass, which is very cold and dry, formed above the atmosphere of continent, mainly affects korea in winter. due to its unstable nature, the winter weather in korea is extremely hard to predict. yangtze-river air mass is also continental air mass, and is warm and dry. when it passes through korea from west, it brings yellow dust from china and creates big dust storms in korea during spring and fall. both okhotsk and north pacific air masses are oceanic air mass. thus their air is humid. the only difference is that okhotsk air mass is rather warm, while north pacific air mass is extremely hot. when these two air masses meet, it forms the seasonal rain front and it lasts for a month. it becomes a lull when the power of okhotsk air mass is weakened. and finally when okhotsk air mass is weakened, north pacific ocean extends its influence in korea.
these unique characters in weather in korea affect the creation of unique notion of weather. since the change in weather is quite often and unstable, korea has twenty four subdivided seasons. each season has six subdivisions, and each subdivision specifically explains the characters of not only the weather condition, but also the activities and perception based on each season. for example, in spring, a subdivision called “kyungchip”, means the day when frogs wake up from the long hibernation during winter.
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