Article:
The Planetary Test

dc.creatorHalpern, Orit
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-21T12:16:37Z
dc.date.available2022-06-21T12:16:37Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, the famous architect Richard Neutra was commissioned by the government of Puerto Rico to build hospitals and schools. In response, he produced a number of prototypes and processes investigating different ways to ventilate and climate control buildings in the sub-tropical environment of the island through technology. Neutra famously labeled his work in Puerto Rico a Planetary Test. This article examines this history of making climate a medium for design and the implications of these practices for our presenten
dc.identifier.doi10.28937/1000108229
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18717
dc.identifier.urihttps://meiner.de/artikel/1000108229
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/19861
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFelix Meiner
dc.publisher.placeHamburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:1869-1366
dc.relation.ispartofseriesZMK Zeitschrift fĂĽr Medien- und Kulturforschung
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
dc.subjectGebäudede
dc.subjectTechnologiede
dc.subjectKlimatisierungde
dc.subjectMediumde
dc.subjectbuildingen
dc.subjecttechnologyen
dc.subjectclimateen
dc.subjectmediumen
dc.subject.ddcddc:600
dc.titleThe Planetary Testen
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeArticleen
local.coverpage2022-06-21T14:35:18
local.source.epage22
local.source.issue1
local.source.issueTitleOntography
local.source.spage13
local.source.volume10

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