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PLAN GALLERY XIII
GALLERY XIII

The Cooled Room

Hall twin of site.ssm_halls the-cooled-room - the claim on the wall is the hall claim, verbatim.

The Cooled Floor
A 1930s office floor under refrigerated air - the invention that let glass boxes seal shut and the Sunbelt fill up.
Carrier, 1902
A printing plant's humidity problem and the machine that solved it - air conditioning began as quality control.
The Movie Palace Summer
Twenty degrees cooler inside - the theaters that taught America to love refrigerated air.
The Sealed Box
Windows that do not open: the curtain-wall office as a climate of its own.
The Reading Wall
The hall's informational panels in sequence - the argument of the gallery told in maps, figures, and captions. Read it like a chapter.
Viewpoints
Cooled-city views - the modern set at the rail.
🎧 A moment to consider
What will you carry out of this room?
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