LIGHTING & ARCHITECTURE Kostas Poulopoulos for AUU LiD Masters Program 2015 Kick Off Day
A talk about what . Not how.
Marlene Dietrich
“Shadow is mystery and light is clarity. Shadow conceals-light reveals. To know what to reveal and what to conceal and in what degree is all there is to art.� Josef von Sternberg
Jorn Utzon
Jorn Utzon’s concept sketch
The buildind as an indifferent canvas
The buildind as an indifferent canvas
The buildind as an indifferent canvas
The buildind at its pure state
Lighting enhances what is already there.
Lighting enhances what is already there.
The lighting designer and the architect must speak the same language .
contrast rythm border transparency camouflage invitation focus directionality theatricality
there is always a prevailing concept!
EXAMPLES
border
The architect surely wanted to avoid railing. Lighting enhances the border by making it more visible.
theatricality theatricality
People as actors. Lighting enhances the content of the building.
focus
The (non) lighting enhances the ceremonial atmosphere. People are invited to leave “themselves� outside.
rythm
The space is a rythmic array of beams that create a gentle dome.
rythm
The checkerboard rythm of the light fixtures enhances the effect of the ondulating roof.
rythm
The checkerboard rythm of the light fixtures makes the roof shape more legible.
contrast
A museum atrium - looking solid during the day.
contrast
At night, the story is inverted. The building becomes bright, transparent , inviting.
contrast
Lighting introduces a dual identity to the building. Day and Night.
camouflage
Lighting reveals with its existence - and conceals with its absence.
camouflage
Lighting hides the building , to expose movement / information / animation . Something other than the building.
invitation
Light and furnishing introduce an inviting seating area and enrich the use of the courtyard
invitation
An inviting “lightscape” can be an attractive public seating area
directionality
Light enhances the entrance experience, by emphasizing the long low volume that leads to the entrance.
directionality
Light enhances the entrance scenario
directionality
Lighting enhances the circulation scenario
test
What does this design try to enhance? What is the prevailing concept that it draws from ?
test
If it had internal contrast, it would be more successful in enhancing directionality.
test
What’s wrong here ? Is there a prevailing concept? Is there hierarchy in the lighting story ?
test
Internal contrast makes the story.
contrast rythm border transparency camouflage invitation focus directionality theatricality
there is always a prevailing concept!
contrast rythm border transparency camouflage invitation focus directionality theatricality
“Shadow is mystery and light is clarity. To know what to reveal and what to conceal and in what degree is all there is to art.�
In every scenario, there is a prevailing concept. The “cheekbone�. Go find the cheekbone!
And careful with colors.