Seasonal costume changes give buildings anthropomorphic qualities encouraging new forms of empathy between humans and environments. Newly reimagined, once empty plazas and ferrovirteous husks become confident, flamboyant models for equality vivacious couture for inclement weather patterns.
In unbearable heat, the technology reverts to ancient, passive methods of cooling. Water flows down conical bundles of terra-cotta, emanating coolth from its warm hues. The buildings are cloaked in flowing water while the anterior pools reciprocate the stream of water into pools of coolth. Underground shade and water provide pleasurable respite from the servere summers.
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In the cold of winter, the buildings become a technological tassel coral reef. Facades are wrapped in UV-absorbing metal rods, which act as passive heat exchangers for a system of solid state heat pumps that warm the interior. The air is obscured with mist and steam from a series of heated pools.
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