控疏裡的平等

空氣是屬於你和我的 這透明物體是不分階級唯一的必須品，人人皆平等。當空氣化為 從冷氣機排除的冷氣，它成為了有形的物體，能被控制物體。這新物體默默的牽動 人與人之間的關係，把社會給分層了。新加坡與冷氣以產生了一個無可撤銷的關係。 在城市裡冷氣以演變成了基礎設施，每一天都排除大量的廢熱。這冷氣設施是由白 領階級人士享受但廢熱影響了整個城市環境。今時今日，圍繞著我們的空氣經成為了 一種武器。這武器不如刀槍的明確但使用它會導致更嚴峻的後果。武器是空氣的操縱， 戰場是現在社會的平台。

Air, the invisible element swirling unassumingly around us has taken a turn  for the worse. In the advent of air-conditioning air has been made tangible  and by manipulating this life-giving element, human life is further stratified. With cool air held in higher esteem, it was made available only to a select few who could afford cooling technologies, ingraining the notion that access to conditioned air is ultimately conditional. Examining this theme in the city of contemporary Singapore, the air-conditioned nation, the proliferation and architectural implications of cool air is chartedexponentially against the country’s history and development. 

Within this conditioned environment, we forget the unseen externality,heat emissions. The lesser sibling of cool air, heat is carelessly emitted as a waste product into the tropical heat, valueless and overlooked.This thesis looks at harnessing the heat reject from the District Cooling System, one of the more elusive pieces of cooling infrastructure, creating a space within the Central Business district for individuals of lower  income.Two different environments of equality are created; the first a conventional understanding where heat is used through the stack effect to create a cool environment for the employability of the person, inducting them into the economic system and the second a space where heat is accepted into the individual’s body for the benefits the element may imbue one with and nothing is expected in return.