Thursday, February 13, 2020
Diff in architecture?
In previous item I cited symmetry.
The best patient mechanisms, in life and in built devices, use active symmetry in the form of differentials or balances.
Is there an equivalent in architecture? I can think of patient systems but no diffs.
Bungalows are patient mechanisms. Winter sun heats the interior, summer sun doesn't touch the walls.
Double-hung windows are patient ventilation.
Gravity heating systems were sort of patient, but didn't work very well.
Aha! Drain traps are differential AND Willsonian patient. Balance maintains the water, and the water does all the work. A prosaic gadget with an elegant function!
Anything else? 
Labels: Asked and partly answered, Patient things
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