In his publication on the project for a Solar House (1980), architect Oswald Mathias Ungers refers the sustainable design to the dynamics of the interior life. He would define Architecture as “nothing else but the extension of awareness”. It opens the view for “new worlds of perception” (Bewusstseinswelten) and creates “realities” (Wirklichkeiten) not only for life in the superficial sense, but for thinking, concentration and contemplation.
He states that in a house the responsible use of energy can only be guaranteed by a synthesis of good planning and residential behavior.
The video “it becomes an extension of my body: narratives of climatic behavior” reflects on this aspect. It offers a synesthetic re-reading of the passive energy concept found in the Solar House, with each thermal and tectonic zone of the house translated into metaphors and sensations. The residential behaviors fostered by the different zones are explored, highlighting the role that emotions play on the production of space: the sustainable design of the Solar House has effects on the dwelling, influencing privacy and intimacy, as well as the available space, that contracts and expands according to seasons.
With Juliane Seehawer and Fien Werckx
In his publication on the project for a Solar House (1980), architect Oswald Mathias Ungers refers the sustainable design to the dynamics of the interior life. He would define Architecture as “nothing else but the extension of awareness”. It opens the view for “new worlds of perception” (Bewusstseinswelten) and creates “realities” (Wirklichkeiten) not only for life in the superficial sense, but for thinking, concentration and contemplation. He states that in a house the responsible use of energy can only be guaranteed by a synthesis of good planning and residential behavior.
The video “it becomes an extension of my body: narratives of climatic behavior” reflects on this aspect. It offers a synesthetic re-reading of the passive energy concept found in the Solar House, with each thermal and tectonic zone of the house translated into metaphors and sensations. The residential behaviors fostered by the different zones are explored, highlighting the role that emotions play on the production of space: the sustainable design of the Solar House has effects on the dwelling, influencing privacy and intimacy, as well as the available space, that contracts and expands according to seasons.
With Juliane Seehawer and Fien Werckx