Living light in the fog. Posthuman Architecture

THE LIVING LIGHT IN THE FOG

P9//ART 02 M. SALOME PAGAN ARACIL

THE LIVING LIGHT IN THE FOG The Living Light is an experimental canopy by wich is express envoronment information. It is design by The Living (David Benjamin y Soo-in Yang) and It was comisioned by the Seoul’s goverment. The pavilion is located in the Peace Park of Seoul, South Korea and It was built in 2009. The purpose of the pavilion is to focus the atention in environment. The buidong is composed by a Steel framework and pillars which hold a transparent canopy.

The transparente canopy is a acrilic Surface, wich is an abstraction of Seoul’s map. The canopy’s map was impressed 27 zones where there are air-monitoring. So when there are a fluctuation of carbón dioxide panels show it.

Palabras Clave: Cosmopolitic, posthuman, quality of the air, glass canopy and Ecological cosmogony.

The Project it is located in the Peace Park in Seoul, South Korea. In particular to the west of outskirts of the city. Near to him, it is the World Cup Stadium, which has his own metro station and bycicle stop to conected with the city. Moreover, The Peace Park is compossed by some iconic elements such as UNICEF Square, HImang forest, Nanjido Mountain and Hole 9 in Nouel Park.

There are some agents involvent in this Project. On the one hand, the government department, like South Korean Enrironment Minister, who want concern the people with the environment.

Also, the world population any layer was discriminated. On the other hand, the non-human agent is smog. The smog is a fog wich is produced by the industry, desertificartion and sandstorm with biological particles of bactereological experiemnts.

The air polution is a social problematic, there are a different polution in the differents zones.

Therefore, How is it posible to concern people about environment? The Living propouse a competition to get a unit society.

The main idea was to projected an element to focalice the theme in environment. The goverment wanted a public space with interactive elements to atract the people. Therefore, the Ling studied the environmental information by Seoul’s air-monitoring system. Later, they delimit 27 zones using the 27 probes around the city in a plane. Next, The Living investigate how to optimize the material and have the best structural response. So, they used a algorithm wich give them 25 000 differents solutions. Besides, they test the results to confirm all details of the Project. Finally, they built the building in less tan a week.

The strategies were several. They use indigenous materials, like smog which varies drastically throughout the day; government’s air-monitoring which is so discreet; and a high number of intelligent facades with no environmental information. Other strategy was to related form with a mening for Seoul’s habitants. Besides, The Living used a algorithm to serach different kind of solutions.

Furthermore, to verify the efficience with prototypes.

Interestingly, the methology of Th Living it is a challenge, which give quickly solutions with low cost. It is called, “Flash Research”, first the need at most 1000$, a time limit os 90 days and a funtion prototype 1:1.

There are multiples ways to understand this pavilion all them overlaped. Fisically, like meeting point. Virtually, as a dialogue with the building, by mobile or visually. Finally, as a information environment repository.

To move people to act, the information must be showed visually and simple. Therefore, they shoud not used hatchs, complex patters. They fix a low threshold, in other words, light and darkenss. The Project it is organized in tree layers. First, each night the neighborhoods light up if the quality of the air is better tan the last year. Second, each 15 minutes map go out and light up in order of the better and worst quality of air of this day. Third, people can send a telephone message with a code to obtain a message with the quality of the air real-team, and panel of this zone blinks.

In addition, The Livng focus the main idea in environment and they created a ciborg model.

The ciborg models means interact the social and physical atmosphere with networks in a urban area. This is the meening of the new cities, wich is mixed cultural, ideological, and political relaities.

So, it is posible to related people, technology, urban space and environment.

It was so criticized, because the Project produce a unitary image and erase the local identity.

However, the environmental awareness is specifically of a place. All that produce a social unity to improve the environment. It is a pavilion wich gennerates discussions.

Prototype

It was a success the algorithm, because it allows to get the objective and shorten design and constructution times.

As a conclusión, we can say that it is a Project to copy, because they found simple and key ways to involved the people. In the same way, it is to remark the use of new technologies in the design process and make prototypes to avoid mistakes.

Salomé Pagán Aracil Construction