L I G H T UNDERGROUND FANTASY
REPRESENTATION II stage 2 HANYU ZHANG A1697160
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Elevations of Math, Engineering, and BSL Buildings
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Site plan
3D views
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Site analysis A. 3D models presenting shade and shadow
Site analysis B. Access and movement
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Site analysis C. Photographic study of ambient light
Site analysis d. Additional site information
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Light study I : Luminosity
Design idea1: plan, elevation, section & spacial diagram
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Design idea1: plan, elevation, section & spacial diagram
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Iteration 1&2: aerial, ground & interior views
Iteration 2: interior views
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Precedent study: Runner-Up: Cross
Case study 2: Reflection
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Barr Smith Library
Elevations & Plan The site is located north west of campus, north facing about 30o to the west. The Math lawn is surrounded by 5 buildings. Computer science Building
Infrastructures such as table and chairs, light are set along the edge of the lawn.
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Petroleum Engineering
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Shade & Shadow As shown in the graphs, Math lawn receive sunlight directly in the most time in summer. In winter, however, only a small part of the lawn the lawn can receive direct sunlight during noon time.
9am, 12am, 3pm Shadow in summer
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9am, 12am, 3pm Shadow in winter
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Cafe
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Petroleum Engineering
Access & Movement
School of Computer Science Barr Smith Library
Cafe
The main flow is on the street that at front of Barr Smith Library, which is a main road linking the north and south side of the campus. To access the buildings across both sides of the area, people commute through walking the site.
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Photographic Study of Ambient Light Generally speaking, there is adequate light on site both day and night. The lawn can receive direct sunlight in summer while in winter can not. The facade of the computer science building slightly reflects light on lawn during daytime. At night, strong lights illuminates along the edge of the lawn, the light from the ground floor of the buildings lits up the lawn without giving people a sense of dizzling.
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Barr smith Library The Barr Smith Library owes its name to the Barr Smith family, a pioneer family in South Australia and benefactors to The University of Adelaide over many decades. The University of Adelaide was founded in 1874, and Robert Barr Smith served as a member of its Council for 19 years. During his lifetime his donations to the University exceeded £20,000, including £9,000 for the improvement of the Library. In 1899 the University Council resolved that its library should bear the name “The Barr Smith Library”.
Math lawn Math lawn serves as a recreation place in campus. It is a site for some activities such as orientation week and open day.
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Luminosity Light study I
Philosophical meanings Emotion are affected by luminosity. Luminosity is associated with the quality or state of being luminous. Bright light amplifies emotions, while low light keep the emotions steady. A luminous object seldom gives off pure white, and it may change as time goes by. Even sunlight is warmer during sunrise and sunset. Colors also give rise to different emotional and psychological meaning which often depends on different cultural background. Warmer light always give people positive feelings and cool one reduces intensity emotion. This may because we connect light with heat, and heat energy encourage emotional energy. In additional, luminosity with other object without luminous always create shadows, giving a two-dimensional picture more depth so that make the object more emotionally impactful.
Linguistic definitions In definition, luminosity is refer to the quality or state of being luminous, and it is a noun of something luminous. Luminosity is also the relative quantity of light and the relative brightness of something. In addition, it is the relative quantity of radiation emitted by a celestial source such as a star. 931
Meaning in Architecture Light is always an important design element in architecture. Light as an emotional communication The new Holocaust History Museum designed by Moshe Safdie is a triangular form of the structure supporting the pressure of the earth above the prism while bringing in daylight through a 200-meters long glass skylight.
This skylight design creates strong contrast between gleams of daylight and darker areas functioning as multimedia presentation. Within the whole galleries, depending on the function and requirements of each exhibit, light comes in through localized skylights varying from diffused to clear glass. In this case, light is mainly functions as emotional communication. The ever-changing shadow casted by the arcaded concrete pavilion roofed by skylights and trellises can remind people of a Succah where the Jews suffered during the holocaust. Visitor are able to see through the building toward the strong light at the end, but are forced by fissures in the concrete floor to cut back and forth.
With light casting on the unfinished surfaces with no cladding or insulation, the gallery stir a dreadful sense of dehumanized. Enhancing local identity at night time Unlike other cities that striving for a glorious and eye-catching appearance, Zurich distinguish itself by following a modest strategy for nocturnal illumination. Focusing on an overall image of sensitive light levels with white light, Zurich master plan for lighting allows the cities provided a great sense of united. The master plan of night lighting has selected specific buildings that deeply linked to the local cultural identity, which would be equally present that showing harmony is the defining principle of this illuminated city. The brightness, direction, and color, the façade lighting create a sense of harmony, instead of glare and light pollution.
Using the notion “Less is more”, the city is not emphasize on the quantity of light, but different light. Following this idea, designers have to give a hierarchy of the building lighting. Put more emphasis on the landmarks such as the bridges, the city hall and churches that enhanced the city’s coherence and identity. Meanwhile, considering the environmental issue, lighting focuses on the individual bridges and buildings instead of the entire riverfront façade in order to avoid too much visual noise due to the water reflection. The light level allows the buildings a pleasant presence without drawing disproportionate attention. The illumination greatly connect the building s in whole city and aware people of local identity.
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Library
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Reception
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Longitudinal Elevation 1:200
Design idea 1 Plan, elevation, section & spacial diagram Longitudinal Section 1:200
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Unisex toilet
Library
Female toilet
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Elevator
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Longitudinal Elevation 1:200
Design idea 2 Plan, elevation, section & spacial diagram Longitudinal Section 1:200
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Aerial, ground & interior views Idea1&2 Interation1 focus on the change of sunlight direction and interior space arrangement. 4 transparent functional rooms are hung in the middle. Sunlight comes through the transparent pool cover. Interation2 focus on the contrast between exterior and interior space with the help of the warping edge which allowing the sunlight comes in. Iteration 2
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Precedent study Runner-Up: Cross / Xiaoyu Wang, Yutian Wang; Brooklyn, New York, USA Korean Demilitarized Zone Underground Bathhouse Competition
By inviting natural sunlight and topographical landscape from above-ground to underground, this form creates multiple crossing-border interstitial conditions that mutually encourages people from both North and South Korea to interact physically. This create a strong contrast between outer and inner space. By introducing an undulated line that dramatically dances in-between the two countries, a continuously weaving underground wall ties a series of collectively shared open pools and solid individual rooms with round shape geometry which is inherited from the mechanism of traditional Korean bathhouse typology Jimjilbang.
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Reflection Light study 2
Linguistic definitions In definition, luminosity is refer to the quality or state of being luminous, and it is a noun of something luminous. Luminosity is also the relative quantity of light and the relative brightness of something. In addition, it is the relative quantity of radiation emitted by a celestial source such as a star.
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Philosophical meanings Reflection is one of three “logical acts of the understanding by which concepts are generated as to their form”, the other two being comparison and abstraction. Reflection is defined as “the going back over different presentations, how they can be comprehended in one consciousness.” Reflection is the first step to understand or generate a concept or theory, and it’s a form of thinking. It’s more about unconscious and the base of further thinking development. Reflection, comparison, and abstraction are “essential and general conditions of generating any concept whatever”. Pleasure in reflection Chilean architects Guillermo Hevia García and Nicolás Urzúa have created a concealed garden fenced in by distorting mirrors. The structure is formed of three planes of mirrored aluminium, which have been shaped to create concave and convex curves in large or small scale, aiming to avoid a hall of mirrors. The curve shape has multiplied the amount of reflecting and deformation situations in order to creates a stronger sense of illusions, more surreal than real.
Stepping into an enclosure where they will discover infinite reflections of grassy hillocks, shallow pools of water and wild flowers, people in the reflective garden are apart from high-rise buildings and overhead tree branches, and they are likely to encounter someone playing a piano or other kinds of musical performers. Visitors in such situation are expectant of what is going on and curious about what is going to happen in the next place. The flection is not only about the visitor themselves, but also about the landscape. Water runs through the space between two pools, offering visitors opportunity to cool down. With the reflection, visually enlarge the greenery space, offering people illusion of wandering in the forest. The reflection encourages occupants to daydream and create a high quality space intended for leisure. Communication between exterior and interior space Shanghai studio Atelier Deshaus has teamed up with artist Zhan Wang to create a flower-topped pavilion supported by irregularly shaped slabs of stainless steel.
With the adoption of the cast stainless steel, the pavilion demonstrates the quality of reflecting the surroundings into interior space. The reflectively columns are arranged randomly to enhance the idea of rockery. In contrast with the ordinary rock, the use of mental sheet on the natural surface enhanced the connection between the architecture and the surrounding. In order to make the reflective surface more interesting, the architect carefully imprints the texture onto the steel by heating it with a padded hammer. As a result, the reflection is not as real as a mirror reflection but more like an abstract image responding to the surrounding.
Supporting an opaque roof garden on top, the reflective rock also can help to bring the natural light in the structure, avoiding a strong contrast between inside and outside. Bringing in the refection of surrounding can also reduce the visual stimulation which may arouse by the sharp shape of the rockery. It can cause an illusion that the rock is invisible. Demonstrating the quality of reflecting the surroundings into interior space can create a strong connection between the architecture and the surrounding environment, allowing the occupants have a sense of harmony. 20 2