Breathing X: Atmosphere Architecture

The excessive carbon in clouds is similar to the excessive information in “cloud”, both of which are invisible to naked eyes, but covering the entire globe with a tremendous scale. Elements, such as light, carbon, electromagnetic waves, and nuclear, are changing the “atmospheric” framework from terra to ether: from earth-based stations, power networks, computing and cloud service, high-altitude aircraft, to ecosystem. The utilization of invisible elements is quietly changing the geology, urban texture and atmospheric environment.

This research and publication project is initiated by a series field investigation that focuses on projects happening in China: Shenzhen’s nuclear power plant and blue carbon sink, Qinghai’s photovoltaic park and its impact on agriculture and animal husbandry, Guizhou’s data center and cloud services……Through research, the project aims to externalize the tangible structure of invisible elements, such as light, carbon, nuclear and etc, which intervene the relationship between human and nature with a new design language.