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LIGHT STUDY LUMINOSITY

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LIGHT STUDY REFLECTION

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LU M I N O S I T Y Linguistic Definition

Philosophical Meaning

Luminosity is defined as the relative quantity of light or the amount of brightness. It is the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting. Luminosity is as well the measurement of brightness. The amount of light an object emits is also known as luminosity.

Philosophically luminosity can be referred to religiously as an inspiration of God how it brightens one soul. It might also be referred as the approaching of an idea or something that would brighten one›s mind with this idea or knowledge. The word illuminated can also refer to the sudden brightness of the bulb in a dark small room. It can also mean the sense of hope or success after hardship or difficult situations in life. ,

REFERENCE

Thomas Schielke. “Fluid Luminosity: The Architectural Lighting of

Zaha Hadid.” Accessed October 2019 ,20. https://www.archdaily.

com/868157/fluid-luminosity-the-architectural-lighting-of-zaha-hadid. Cambridge Dictionary. “Luminosity defination.” Accessed October ,20

2019. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/Luminosity.

Case Study

The architect Zaha hadid is well known for her theories of fragmentation and fluidity design techniques that support her in the form finding for her projects. Zaha Hadid›s advancement of luminous legacy was shown in her early

projects Vitra Fire Station to the world tallest atrium at the Leeza SOHO skyscraper. The reflection of light is the reason we see the forms and materials and Zaha Hadid›s uses light to enhance her architecture although at the beginning it appears graphical with her light lines. Her early work had luminous lines in the form of windows but the play of brilliance developed at her later projects. The Vitra Fire Station walls were of concrete and had light lines between the walls and grounds and light lines in the ceiling with the flying rood supplements the sharp edges of the linear architecture. In the interiors the ceiling and the walls are deconstructed by the help of light gaps between them. The energy of the building form is created by the diffuse inside and outside illumination that contrasts the sharp concrete lines of the structure. The graphical interpretations of lighting and luminaries were explored by the abstract paintings, Zaha Hadid studies abstracted urban transport patterns and convert them into luminaire patterns. She was inspired by the white road markings, therefore at the Strasbourg›s Hoenheim-Nord Terminus and

Car Park, she created white linear diffuse luminaries inspired by the road marking, and incorporated them as strips in the concrete roof or as tilted poles for the parking spaces. Zaha Hadid had shift her design strategy from DE constructivism and fragmentation to continuity and fluidity which also interpreted new language of light. Her architecture started to mirror the surrounding instead of the matt façade it had become reflective. In addition, the interiors changed from being raw concrete to glamorous gold for the important spaces. Her project Leeza Soho Skyscraper in Beijing attracted more of the natural light in the world›s tallest atrium. Zaha used luminaire to improve visual effects and focus on the light as being the important part in architecture. Zaha Hadid has outlined an extraordinary lane from fragmented light lines to luminous fluidity by day and night.

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M E TA P H O R

LIGHT AS A JOURNEY The main concept in this project is inspired from the journey of life. The journey of life is represent by the path in this pavilion and it creates different angles that leads to the final journey and at the beginning of the journey, there are difficulties and these are represented by the absence of light but towards the end where everything is clears there is plenty of light that penetrates from the skylights.

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REFLECTION

Linguistic Definition

Philosophical Meaning

The definition of reflection is the throwing back or the give back by a body or surface of light, heat or sound without being absorbed. It is also defined as the turning of an object or turning back on itself. Reflection can also mean writing about something in the past or an opinion of something or event.

According to Hegel›s logic, reflection has two nature; inorganic and organic nature. Inorganic nature defines reflection as being the procedure of reproducing things under the inspiration of other things or traces or traces of these effects where as in the organic nature it is an active process for example the adjustment of animals into their environment. Philosophically reflection is the inspection of one›s life situation, it can also mean reconsidering the past to learn and study one›s action that leads to a better future. Reflecting philosophically is when a person relates or build from previous situations or events to overcome hardship or difficult situations.

REFERENCE

Thomas Schielke. “Veiled in Brilliance: How Reflective Facades Have

Changed Modern Architecture.” Accessed October 2019 ,20. https://

www.archdaily.com/796974/veiled-in-brilliance-how-reflective-facadeshave-changed-modern-architecture.

Cambridge Dictionary. “Reflection defination.” Accessed October ,20

2019. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reflection.

Case Study Light and brilliance can help to create the iconic architecture which shifted architecture from the internal space towards the exterior skin of the building. There were a lot of glass sky scrapers using reflective materials in different ways to create various possibilities of reflection. The early 20th century is when the transparency and reflective materials for the entire building skin appeared and used rapidly. Herzog & de Meuron›s Elbphilharmonie had glass elements that distorted the view of the city, water and sky to give a different perception of the view. The distorted reflections of the view were due to the use of exterior convex glass. The balconies were of different curves and that was the reason the building reflects points of bright light streak. The Elbphilharmonie works as a distinguished building because of the historical brick warehouse under the glass skin sky scraper. Frank Gehry also used the same concept of reflection but with the use of metal titanium cladding. The building became a jewel with its iconic signature. The titanium sheets create a sparkling light quality which gives dynamic

image effects that changes with the different sunbeams and clouds forming an interesting view of the city in different times of the day. In the National Grand Theatre of China, the dome skin was covered with shiny titanium that reflected the pool and contrasted the Forbidden City because of its antique red walls. Furthermore, Woods Bagot architects created an icon in the city of Adelaide by using aluminum in the entire skin of the building which was also used as a shading device to protect the building against the sunlight. In conclusion, the International Style has moved to the uniformity of mirror cubes in the façade that eliminates the sense of human scale. different possibilities of façade caused to create more complicated image of the city by using concave and convex building forms, reflective curved surfaces for the façade or both the mixture of both options. The reflective and shimmering facades outdated the raw concrete contrast of the dark and light surfaces, and the Kahn’s monumentality. Therefore, in the future the combination of materials will create a different bright building icon.

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MOBILITY

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TOILETS :FEMALE/

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O PA C I T Y

Linguistic Definition

Philosophical Meaning

Opacity is referred to the absence of transparency or the absence of translucence. It can also be defined as the absence of light. The capacity of an object that obstructs the radiation of energy or the transmission of the light beam. The quality of body or object that makes it radiant to the rays of light.

The word opaque means something that is not transparent and it can also mean that something that you can’t see through. Philosophically if we refer to the word in the human behavior it relates to covering something or obstructing the transformation of information. If we refer to light as being hope or a way of representing religion, then opaque is the obstruction of hope or preventing for hope and help being reached to those who need it. If God is referred to light then opaque is moving away from faith and God.

REFERENCE

Thomas Schielke. “Light Matters: Whiteness in Nordic Countries.”

Accessed October 2019 ,20. https://www.archdaily.com/542503/lightmatters-whiteness-in-nordic-countries.

Cambridge Dictionary. “Opacity defination.” Accessed October 2019 ,20. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/opacity.

Case Study

In the Scandinavian countries the daylight can be rare during winter as the low angle of the sunlight hits the sides of the building rather than light entering from above. Henry Plummer,

a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and a photographer studies the daylight phenomena in the Nordic countries. He is interested in the light effects that show with beauty of nature and the human soul. Architects uses white surfaces in the Scandinavian countries to balance the long dark winter nights. Plummer says in his book “Nordic light: Modern Scandinavian Architecture,” that Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway share the same sombre light although they are different in topography and vegetation. The Nordic Architects use white all over their interiors and this is the way they respond to their local environment because white surfaces have a high reflection, in order for the to maximize the brightness of their interior spaces during the long dark winter period. According to Plummer the love of whiteness is connected to the beauty of the landscape covered by the snow. The Dybkær church by Regnbuen Arkitekter was influenced by the medieval churches found in Denmark. Light is very important feature in a church and in Bagsværd church white walls and white ceilings are provided so that daylight is fully used and generate an intensity of light

greater than that of the outside especially during the limited daylight in Denmark for most of the year, Utzon the architect of Bagsværd church explained to Plummer. Alvar Aalto introduced the concept of white diffusion by using white painted plaster, white enameled steel and white linoleum in the Paimio Sanatorium in the 1930s. White volumes and the impulse of nature with vibrating patterns of light or the temporariness of the dramatic light and shadow is the characteristics of the Nordic built environment. Religious buildings expose a wide variety of time concepts ranging from material texture to specific glass feature and the built volume during the time of day and season. Some churches have the light patterns during the whole service, others welcome sunlight towards the afternoon at the end o the service. Pirkkala Church is an example of the dramatic light and shadow that occurs in the building, the glass acts as lens and the sunlight projects in the altar that creates a dramatic light and shadow effect.

M AT E R I A L

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GROWING MEDIA F I LT E R L A Y E R

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P R O T E C T I O N FA B R I C ROOT BARRIER I N S U L AT I O N

WAT E R P R O O F I N G M E M B R A N E CONCRETE ROOF

DOUBLE GLAZED GLASS

CONCRETE ROOF

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GLASS SKYLIGHT

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Linguistic Definition

Philosophical Meaning

Filtration is the act of filtering or the process of filtering something. It is also the act of passing something (gas or liquid) through a piece that filters and remove solid pieces or impurities. Filtration is the refinement of something through a device to remove the unwanted materials.

Philosophically filtration is the process of clarification or purity or cleanliness, when it comes to the human behavior we always go through self-reflections from time to time and during this process we do filter all the negative things we try to eliminate and remove all the negative though we have to purify and start a new chapter of life. In religion as light is associated with God, then filtration is the process of trying to purify oneself from the sins he or she admitted. For example, helping the needy can be an act of filtration or the cleansing a person need to purify. It can also mean as a way of thinking and filtering to think clearly and positively.

REFERENCE Thomas Schielke. “Light Matters: Le Corbusier and the Trinity of Light.”

Accessed October 2019 ,20. https://www.archdaily.com/597598/lightmatters-le-corbusier-and-the-trinity-of-light.

Cambridge Dictionary. “Filtration defination.” Accessed October ,20

2019. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/filtration.

Case Study In many religions light is associated with divinity and holiness. In Christianity the Bible speaks of God, who is “the light” or “the light of the world”. Le Corbusier as an architect and an artist as well, expressed his understanding of the interaction of color and light in sacred buildings. After studying Le Corbusier’s sacred building, Henry Plummber was fascinated and said that the light has become quiet force to visually resist and flee, erode and outshine the Church’s command and it has the power to draw attention to the sky and its commonplace marvels, which effects in using light to bless the universe. The continuous circle of solar events is the main features of the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp. The red painted void turns redder when the dawning sun brightens the alcove of the side chapel, as Plummer describes it, the reddish morning is referring to the human birth. According to Plummer La Tourette is more complex and extensively scattered in contrast to Ronchamp. The Monastery of Sainte Marie

de la Tourette at Eveux-sux-l’Arbresle (-1953 60) has a rectilinear geometry and all the corridors have an open side facing the cardinal directions and people can come across various light experience. Plummer notes that there is an irregular rhythm of light and shadow that he thinks appears like a musical composition, he explains that the intervals of light and its transparency slowly compresses and expand in waves. The Church of Saint- Pierre at Firminy (-1960 2006) is a new approach of Le Corbusier filters the light. In the morning the small windows in the east façade filter the sunlight and produce dots of light on the floor which turns to waves of light during the afternoon that surges towards the wall, the polycarbonate cylinders are the cause of the wave effects. Plummers thinks that le Corbusier did not proposed this phenomenon as the construction was done after his death and it happened by accident of construction, which in result boosted the character of the building.