| id |
acadia23_v1_56 |
| authors |
Clifford, Brandon; Herrmann, Erik; Bigham, Ashley |
| year |
2023 |
| title |
Project Polaris: Magnetic North |
| source |
ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 1: Projects Catalog of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-8-1]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 56-61. |
| summary |
Magnetic North is the first in the Project Polaris series to manifest orientations of true north via colossal registration drawings. It focuses on one of the most common methods for aligning to north: magnetic readings. Despite popular opinion, magnetic compasses do not point north. Earth’s magnetic and geographic poles are not coincidental. The north pole lies at 90° N, 0° E, but the magnetic pole meanders, currently hovering around 86.15° N, 146.83° E. Because the magnetic pole is moving, it requires a daily correction. Unless one is located on the meridian passing through both poles, a magnetic reading will deviate from true north by an angle defined as the location’s ‘declination’. |
| series |
ACADIA |
| type |
project |
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