3. Survey

Figure 9. Photograph of the sky, seen through a skylight window in Soltag (self-produced)

”Your eye is drawn up along the surface of the building, towards the line where it kisses the sky. And that line tells you everything. […] Our best buildings are the ones that form a perfect dialogue between shadow and light, and between the earth and the sky.” (Will Bruder)

The journey of investigating the experience of sky windows and views continues with a case study, where photo, video and written observations have been created to investigate own experience of the phenomenon of looking at the sky windows and views. The goal was to find a space that has the potential to heighten mind wandering exploration and this is how Soltag came about. The purpose of space became generating visual material and new meaning of the connection to nature, by the extension of the building towards the sky.

Thus, contextual information on the Velux’ Soltag home will be introduced, as the case study of this chapter, which is described here as the expression of daylight and sky fascination. Afterwards, a spatial analysis of Soltag has been developed, together with a commencing experiential analysis of being inside in the course of a day, back in February 23rd, 2022. Visual and written documentation has been used to register and analyze the qualities of the light and sky, both inside and outside of Soltag on the day of the space analysis. Several photos taken on the day have served as visual cues within the online survey launched and analyzed later on.