Visible-In Building
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-12-09 by michealw
Ignoring the demo'd wall, typically you'd only see a brick, concrete, and glass structure that lets some available light in but otherwise obscures the activities inside. Being that it is on a college campus one can assume much learning occurs, but we are unable to glimpse that very well in progress from the street. The function of the building thus ensures incredibly vast amounts of information are constantly pouring through its walls. And when one takes into account the demo'd wall, all sorts of information normally hidden even from inhabitants within the building becomes available to everyone, those both on the inside as well as the outside. We have air ducts and plumbing which contain molecular residue of the input and output of the thousands of bodies which have passed through over the years. We have electrical and gas lines which display the wear an tear energy needs have put on the infrastructure. Additionally, the architectural data is tremendously informational. We can learn a great deal about the materials and methods which represented the state of the art when the building was erected decades ago. ![Visible-In Building][1] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14181646853762396.jpeg