气氛变换:新加坡的空调、热物质文化与公共住房

Atmospheric Exchanges:Air-Conditioning,Thermal Material Culture and Public Housing in Singapore

本文通过热物质文化的概念探究了空气对建成环境的物质作用,主要考察了20世纪60年代至21世纪初新加坡公共住房中空调的引入如何影响氛围、身体以及一系列不同尺度的物体之间的热交换与能量流动。在此过程中,本文也试图对近期人文社科领域关于“气氛转变”的研究以及建筑史领域关于建筑、技术与环境的研究做出一定的贡献。

This essay explores the material impact of air on the built environment through the concept of thermal material culture.It examines how the introduction of air-conditioning in the public housing of Singapore affected the thermal exchanges and flows of energy between atmosphere,bodies,and a spectrum of things across different scales from the 1960s to the 2000s.In doing so,this essay seeks to contribute to the recent‘atmospheric turn’in the social sciences and humanities,and the architectural history scholarship on architecture,technology and the environment.