A New Type of Ventilation

Actar, Energy and sustainability, Essay, Forrest Meggers, Imminent Urban Commons, No Density, Salmaan Craig, Urban Paradigms

Air, Architecture&climate, Climate, Climate change, Climate control, Climate regulation, Controlled ventilation, Ecological researches, Energy, Energy flow, Essay, Fire, Imminent Commons, New Statements on Nature, Passive ventilation, Rethinking Urban Environments, Seoul Biennale 2017, Temperature, Thermal comfort, Thermodynamic flow, Thermodynamic theories, Thermodynamics, Urban Paradigms, Ventilation

Energy is an elusive concept. While universally recognized, it is rarely understood. We continually misinterpret our thermal interactions with our surroundings. We have curated interfaces that elucidate often-overlooked aspects of energy—from the potentials of low-exergy buildings to the misperceived heat transfer from surfaces around us—contextualized within a framework of energy opportunities that are literally everywhere, but nowhere to be seen. This exhibition reveals the manifestations of energy by unexpected means at three radically different scales: the human body, the building, and the city. The various projects displayed explore the transfer of thermal energy which connects all three into an interdependent network of exchange.