ClimaColour Code
Colour as Environmental Intelligence
A physical computing prototype that translates live temperature and humidity into colour, brightness, and rhythm.
ClimaColour Code explores how invisible environmental conditions can be translated into colour, brightness, and rhythm, making climate data easier to perceive and understand.
Temperature and humidity are usually experienced physically but remain visually invisible.
Because environmental discomfort is difficult to see, people may be less aware of changing indoor conditions and less responsive to their energy use, comfort, and surrounding environment.
ClimaColour Code uses a temperature and humidity sensor to translate live environmental data into a pulsing coloured light.
Colour communicates temperature, while brightness and pulse behaviour communicate humidity and environmental intensity. The result gives spaces a visible mood and heartbeat, creating a more intuitive and emotional connection between people and their environment.
Exploring the translation between environmental data, behaviour logic, and physical prototype.
- 01Connect soil-moisture sensors to create plant-linked environmental sensitivity.
- 02Add touch sensors so the installation can respond to both people and environmental conditions.
- 03Integrate CO₂ and air-quality monitoring to make invisible indoor-air conditions visible.
- 04Develop the prototype into a larger adaptive lighting installation for shared interior spaces.