A

AIA CES Credits

AV Office

Abstract Publication

Academic Affairs

Academic Calendar, Columbia University

Academic Calendar, GSAPP

Admissions Office

Advanced Standing Waiver Form

Alumni Board

Alumni Office

Architecture Studio Lottery

Assistantships

Avery Library

Avery Review

Avery Shorts

S

STEM Designation

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Scholarships

Skill Trails

Student Affairs

Student Awards

Student Conduct

Student Council (All Programs)

Student Financial Services

Student Health Services at Columbia

Student Organization Handbook

Student Organizations

Student Services Center

Student Services Online (SSOL)

Student Work Online

Studio Culture Policy

Studio Procedures

Summer Workshops

Support GSAPP

Close
This website uses cookies as well as similar tools and technologies to understand visitors' experiences. By continuing to use this website, you consent to Columbia University's usage of cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with the Columbia University Website Cookie Notice Group 6

Heated Garments

The Heated Earthen Garments is a research-by-design study that aims to incorporate earth as a flexible, wearable substance directly onto the human body, while accounting for the thermal mass of earth materials for localized heat transfer.

Localized thermal environments have been shown to not only reduce operational emissions from the built environment, but also provide thermal alliesthesia, also known as thermally pleasurable experiences. In parallel, natural earth- and bio-based materials can offer healthy and accessible materials in immediate environments. This work develops a wearable earth-based substance that can be heated, culminating in a wearable artifact that can provide localized heat, with the goal of ultimately creating a secondary skin layer for a radically pleasurable and healthy environment.

By wearing Heated Earth, we become carriers of this symbiotic relationship within earth biomes, nurturing our sacred connections to the natural world. This project embarked on a series of experimental iterations and prototype developments to integrate carbon-based heating systems into the Natural Materials Lab’s earthen fabrics. The main goal of this ongoing research is to provide a radically localized thermally-controlled environment informed by healthy geo- and bio-materials sculpted directly onto one’s own body.