Subterra - submilimeter array Gutierrez Vertical Studio - Spring 2007 Gutierrez Vertical Studio students Observatories Deserts Energy Visualization Measuring devices Infrared radiation Astronomical instruments Studying spectral energy distributions between submillimeter and far-infrared wavelengths has been a central astronomic aspiration for the development of understanding cool universe matter. Relic radiation of the Big Bang -cool matter- primarily consists of molecular gas and dust that constitute the stars, planetary systems, and galaxies. This unique type of matter has a thermal range registered only at submillimiter wavelengths. To understand cool matter a complex instrumentation system is required that can only operate at high levels of atmospheric transparency for microwave light to be seen enabling SUBMILLIMETER ASTRONOMY. Atacama Desert due to its distinctive atmospheric transparency makes possible the application of submillimeter (optical and radio)“visualization” techniques. Recent technological advances have facilitated the installation in the Atacama desert by 2011 an unprecedented astronomic observatory regarding scale and technology: ALMA-The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007) Lau, Walter Voss, Erika Images Digital Jpeg2000 Atacama, Chile 2007 Spring semester Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Subterra - submilimeter array
Gutierrez Vertical Studio - Spring 2007
Gutierrez Vertical Studio students
Observatories
Deserts
Energy
Visualization
Measuring devices
Infrared radiation
Astronomical instruments
Studying spectral energy distributions between submillimeter and far-infrared wavelengths has been a central astronomic aspiration for the development of understanding cool universe matter. Relic radiation of the Big Bang -cool matter- primarily consists of molecular gas and dust that constitute the stars, planetary systems, and galaxies. This unique type of matter has a thermal range registered only at submillimiter wavelengths. To understand cool matter a complex instrumentation system is required that can only operate at high levels of atmospheric transparency for microwave light to be seen enabling SUBMILLIMETER ASTRONOMY. Atacama Desert due to its distinctive atmospheric transparency makes possible the application of submillimeter (optical and radio)“visualization” techniques. Recent technological advances have facilitated the installation in the Atacama desert by 2011 an unprecedented astronomic observatory regarding scale and technology: ALMA-The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007)
Lau, Walter
Voss, Erika
Images
Digital
Jpeg2000
Atacama, Chile
2007 Spring semester
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.