Philippe Rahm is a Swiss architect whose practice extends the field of architecture from the physiological to the meteorological. Based in Paris, his studio operates under a manifesto for a “meteorological architecture,” rethinking the discipline through the lens of climate. Rahm asks whether climatic phenomena—convection, conduction, evaporation—might be understood as tools for architectural composition, and whether vapor, heat, and light could become the building blocks of contemporary design.

His explorations of this approach have been realized in projects such as the Jade Eco Park in Taichung, Taiwan, a 70-hectare urban park where the climate is carefully modulated to create spaces that are cooler, less humid, and less polluted. Through both theory and practice, Rahm’s work challenges conventional boundaries, positioning climate itself as a new language for architecture.