I am very interested on the relation between architecture and weather. That’s why On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time
That’s why enjoyed Arium so much.
Arium is the result of a studio led by Jürgen Mayer with Neeraj Bhatia at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto. The book moves between a series of analytical articles on the relationship between weather and architecture, ranging from tourism to shopping. These concepts are then tested by the studio over the Victory Soya Mills Silos, a massive concrete structure sitting silent along Toronto’s waterfront, the perfect lab for a weatherized intervention: the Ariums (Algarium, Fogarium, Thermarium, etc).
The balance between weather analysis and the studio projects make this book a good reference on the subject, and not just a mere compilation of student’s work.