sphere vs atmosphere

sphere: a static interior atmosphere: a dynamic performance After researching on the fascinating inflatable inventions and aerodynamics technologies, attending Solomon’s course can lead me to a new perception towards “air”. Other than using properties of “air” to be an object (inflatable) or to drives a form (aerodynamics), “air” can be an intangible but influential element to organize a city, like the atmosphere. What interests us here is the creation not of homogeneous, established spaces, separated rooms with static temperatures, but of a global plastic, climatic dynamic, the activation of forces and polarities that generate a landscape of temperature in the entirety of the house, a sensual atmosphere with various thermal qualities in which we can freely move. Philippe Rahm, Climatic Constructions, Thermal Asymmetry in Architecture “Air” is everywhere. It is so sensational that we can alter it or be affected by it in every moment, every mean. What if we create an air-conditioned environment which influence people’s behaviors like the solid building does? It may be suggesting the most direct and effective way to design our cities, to enrich our activities. photo above: Blur Building, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 2002 Reference _ Philippe Rahm, Climatic Constructions, Thermal Asymmetry in Architecture, _ Peter Sloterdijk, Spheres Theory: Talking to Myself about the Poetics of Space, Harvard Design Magazine No. 30, Spring/Summer 2009 _ http://www.dillerscofidio.com/blur.html