PRECEDENTS
HEAT-BASED WELLNESS TYPE B - PARTIALLY MANIPULATED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT “CULTURAL BUILT HEAT ARTIFACTS”
PASSIVE HEATING SYSTEMS EMPLOYED BY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN EARLY ENCLOSED BUILT ENVIRONMENTS CONSIDERED COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AS PART OF THEIR MODEL OF WELLNESS. CULTURAL BUILT HEAT ARTIFACTS REFLECT THIS. THIS PROVIDES THE BEST BALANCE BETWEEN ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR WELLNESS WITH AMPLE CONTROLS THAT ARE STILL BIOMIMETIC IN NATURE. THE IDEA DRIVING THIS SERIES OF PRECEDENT STUDIES IS THAT EACH CULTURAL AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL HEAT ARTIFACT EXPERIENCES CONDUCTION, CONVECTION, AND RADIATION AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF ITS DEPLOYMENT. HEAT TRANSFERS BETWEEN ITS MODALITIES OFTEN. THE HEAT PHASE AT WHICH WE EXPERIENCE THESE HEATED OBJECTS AND ATMOSPHERES MAY FEEL LIKE ITS “FINAL PHASE,” I.E. THAT THE HEAT HAD BEEN TRASFERED AND TRANSFORMED UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE HUMAN BODY. WHILE A CONDUCTIVE OBJECT MAY HAVE BEEN RADIANT OR CONVECTIVE PRIOR TO BECOMING CONDUCTIVE, IT MAY ALSO TRANSFER TO A DIFFERENT HEAT PHASE AFTER WE COME INTO CONTACT WITH IT. A CENTRAL QUESTION IN THESE PRECEDENT STUDIES IS: DOES SEQUENCE OF HEAT MODALITY IN THE LIFECYCLE OF HEAT MOVING THROUGH THESE ARTIFACTS MATTER?
ONDOL RADIANT ATMOSPHERE
STRUCTURED PHYSICAL DEMANDS (LIKE EXERCISE) ARE EASIER TO FOLLOW IN A GROUP SETTING.
PHYSICAL:
PHYSICAL:
PHYSICAL: MENTAL: PEER GROUPS CREATE BEHAVIORAL INCENTIVES, BOLSTER POSITIVE EMOTIONS
EMOTIONAL:
RELAX REDUCE ANXIETY ALLOW FOR BETTER SLEEP
COMMUNAL
MENTAL: INTERACTION WITH SENSORY RELIEF IMPROVES FOCUS
HUMAN CONTACT AIDED BY ADDED WARMTH
EMOTIONAL:
POSITIVE EMOTIONS MAKE IT EASIER TO CONNECT, CONNECTION BOLSTERS POSITIVE EMOTIONS
SOCIAL
MENTAL: NEUROLOGICAL/ SENSORY RELIEF
MUSCLE RELEASE INCREASE BLOOD FLOW LOWER METABOLIC RATE
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AFTER DIRECT CONTACT WITH OBJECTS ON ITS SURFACE, THE ONDOL FLOOR RADIATES HEAT INTO THE AIR IN THE INTERIOR OF THE ROOM. WHILE NOT AS POTENT AS DIRECTLY TOUCHING THE HUMAN BODY, THE RADIANT HEAT FROM THE ONDOL CAN WARM THE ROOM FOR HOURS OR EVEN DAYS BECAUSE OF THE BIOMASS PROPERTIES OF CLAY MASONRY.
EMOTIONAL:
RELAX REDUCE ANXIETY ALLOW FOR BETTER SLEEP
POSTCONTACT/ INDIRECT
INDIVIDUAL
PLACES THAT REGULATE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD BECOME NATURALLY ATTRACTIVE LOCATIONS TO PLAN COMMUNAL ACTIVITES. PEOPLE ARE INCENTIVIZED VIA THEIR INCREASED WELLNESS TO ATTEND. ONCE WE FEEL MORE REGULATED, WE CAN BETTER INTERACT WITH OTHERS. CHIMNEY
GUEMDOL (STONES FOR ADDED BIOMASS)
GOODLEJANG (OILED CLAY LAYERS FOR BIOMASS AND HEAT RETENTION
THE AREA CLOSEST IN PROXIMITY TO THE KILN WILL CONDUCT THE STRONGEST HEAT. FAMILY MEMBERS SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN RINGS OF STATUS - THE OLDEST SLEEP CLOSEST TO THE KILN. THIS PROVIDES A PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFIT: THE OLDER WE GET, THE MORE HEAT WE NEED TO SELF-REGULATE. HEAT REGULATES THE INDIVIDUAL EMOTIONALLY VIA RELAXATION, MENTALLY THROUGH SENSORY INPUT, AND PHYSICALLY THROUGH OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM.
CONDUCTIVE OBJECT
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AT THE POINT IN WHICH THE ONDOL FLOOR MAKES CONTACT WITH THE HUMAN BODY, THE FLOOR CONDUCTS HEAT DIRECTLY TO THE HUMAN BODY. THIS IS THE STRONGEST HEAT TRANSFER, THE MOST POTENT FOR SELF-REGULATION.
ONDOL FLOOR (GRAVEL COATED WITH POROUS TILES)
BUTU-MAK (COOKING POT; DOUBLE USAGE OF FIRE/KILN)
DIRECT CONTACT
AGUNGI (FIREWOOD)
GAEJARI (COMPACTED EARTH)
WIND PROTECTOR (PREVENTS PRESSURE BUILD-UP IN CHIMNEY)
WIND PROTECTORS (BUNUMGI & JAE-AGUNGI, PREVENTS PRESSURE BUILD-UP OF SMOKE)
CONVECTIVE ATMOSPHERE
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WHILE SMOKE IS TRAVELIING AS FLUID HEAT THROUGH THE AIR WITHIN THE MASONRY NETWORKS BELOW THE FLOOR, IT RELIES ON HOT/COLD CIRCULATION, AIR PRESSURE, AND SHAPE OF TUNNELS AND DEAD ENDS TO CREATE CONVECTION LOOPS THAT ALLOW IT TO CIRCULATE THROUGHOUT ALL THE TUNNELS.
PRECONTACT
NOTES: THE LAYOUT OF THE MASONRY TUNNELS IN THE ONDOL FLOOR SYSTEM CAN CONTROL FOR THE HEATING CONDITIONS: CONCENTRATIONS OF TUNNELS IN CERTAIN PLACES CAN PROVIDE EVEN HEATING THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR, WHILE SIMPLE TUNNELS CAN CREATE A HEAT GRADIENT IF DESIRED, FOR THE TRADITIONAL AGE SLEEPING HIERARCHY. MANY MODERN ONDOL SYSTEMS AIM FOR EVEN HEATING THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR, BUT THIS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE IDEAL FOR OUR WELLNESS OR DESIRED FUNCTIONALLY.
FIGURE 1.13 HEAT MODALITY SEQUENCE
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