PLACE
Georgie Warren A1704968
The Maths lawns and luminosity
8 Three Dimensional Views
Shadow Study
Photographic study
Site Analysis
Light Study Luminosity
7 Site Plan
Elevations
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CONTENTS
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ELEVATIONS
SITE PLAN
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Tree A Barr Smith Library B The Braggs C Ingkami Wardi D Molecular life sciences E Eng and Maths sciences F Santos petroleum engineering
Eastern Elevation 1
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Northern Elevation 3
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THREE DIMENSION
Southern Elevation
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SHADOW STUDY
Summer 9am
Winter 9am
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Summer 12pm
Winter 12pm
Summer 3pm
Winter 3pm
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University Access Site Access
Movement Pedestrian network Stationary Seating
Views Protected view
Social and cultural Historical building
Aerial view Ground view
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Native land - Kau rna Social meeting spaces University culture - study
PHOTOGRPHIC STUDY
SITE ANALYSIS
Access Building Access
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Daytime lighting- Sense of grandur and play on shadows. Natural warmth.
Nightime lighting - Concrete and strategic lighting. Play on reflection.
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The Curch of Light, Tadeo Ando
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Philosophers have been searching for a comprehensive explanation for what has become known as the term `Illumination' since before medieval times. This is a term that has been used extensively in Arabic and Persian texts with the basic meaning of `rising of the Sun'. Philosophical texts connect the term to "signifying a special intuitive mode of cognition", while ordinary language explores the term as "signifying the mystical" as well as extraordinary personal inspiration and intellectual knowledge. Within its technical use the term is united to the concept of `vision" expressing the theory of "knowledge by presence".
"Light is the origin of all being. Light gives, with each moment, new form to being and new interrelationships to things, and architecture condenses light to its most concise being. The creation of space in architecture is simply the condensation and purification of the power of light." Tadao Ando The church speaks a language featuring the dynamic qualities of contradictory dainty light and solid concrete walls. This allows for the concrete to develop a "luminous quality when exposed to natural light", and the minimalist design of the volume to create a rich interior. Ando detailed this connection down to ensuring perfect alignment between the seams of the concrete and the cross extrusion. Natural light fills the volume through a series of strategically placed windows and concrete walls, as can be seen in figures 1,2 and 3. This is clearly evident with his placement of a cross on the facade which allows for "light to pour into the space throughout early morning and into the day". As a result the interior space plays with shadows and the eye is drawn to the celestial qualities of the lit cross that is featured within the space.
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Figure 1. Church of light plan with Sunpath at dawn Figure 2. Church of light plan Sunpath during morning
Philosophy
LUMINOSITY
The presence of light that by its very nature provides brightness.
The `Church of light' was created by Tadeo Ando in 1999, in the small town of Ibaraki. The concrete construction is a basis for featuring natural light as it embraces Ando's "philosophical framework between nature and architecture through the way in which light can define and create new spatial perceptions equally".
Figure 1. Church of light plan Sunpath during afternoon
Physics - The rate of emission of radiation, visible or otherwise.
THE CHURCH OF LIGHT
Linguistic
Astronomy - Luminosity is 'The intrinsic brightness of a celestial object (as distinct from its apparent brightness diminished by distance)'.
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