In wet, tropical climates, the weather cannot be fully captured by objective environmental metrics or static architectural diagrams alone. In "Weathering the Monsoon: Affective Relations," Lilian Chee considers how the human body functions as a primary register of climate and how atmospheric phenomena like monsoons are experienced relationally as lived, embodied realities.

Moving beyond standard climatic drawings that reduce weather to technical performance or energy efficiency, the chapter explores the affective, sensory, and socio-spatial dimensions of living with the monsoon. Chee argues for an architectural understanding of climate that acknowledges the micro-politics, bodily encounters, and emotional attunement shaped by humidity, rain, and tropical weather events.