LIGHT STUDY
RAIN OF LIGHTS
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Stage 1 Luminosity • Site Plan and Sectional Elevation of site • Shade and Shadow
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• Photographic Light Study
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• Access and Movement within Site
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• Site Information
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• Light Study : Luminosity
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Stage 2 Reflection • Design Precedents and Spatial Diagrams
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• Plan and Sectional Elevation
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• 3D Views of Design concepts in site ( Aerial Views and Ground views)
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• Internal Views for 2 Design Concepts
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• Light Study : Reflection
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Table of Content
• 3D Views of site ( Aerial Views and Ground views)
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I do not believe Architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind. - TADAO ANDO
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Stage 1
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Site Plan
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Sectional Elevations of Site
Luminosity
Sectional Elevation of Barr Smith Library and Engineering - Santos Building
Sectional Elevation of Santos Building - Braggs Building and Barr Smith Library
Sectional Elevation of Barr Smith Library and Braggs building - MSL Building
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Aerial View Of Site
Aerial and Ground views
Ground View Of Site
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Shadow in Winter
Luminosity
Shadow on 1 June (Winter) at 3 AM
Shadow on 1 June (Winter) at 9 AM
Shadow on 1 June (Winter) at 12 AM
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Shadow in Summer
Summer Shadow 3 PM
Summer Shadow 9 AM
Summer Shadow 12 PM
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Photographic light study
Luminosity
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Access from Maths Lawn and surrounding building to Barr Smith Library and Frome Road Access from Maths Lawn and Surrounding building to Barr Smith Library and Frome Road Access from City towards North Adelaide Access from North Adelaide towards North Terrace
Access and Movement within Site
Access from Victoria Street to Barr Smith Library
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Social and Culural Value of the site
Luminosity
Orientation Week in Maths Lawn
Sports Week in Maths Lawn
Barbeque in Maths Lawn
The University of Adelaide is university which has students from all over the world. There is a vast range of culture and diversity. The site is a quiet and pleasant area. The site is surrounded by buildings on 3 sides and Frome Street on the other side. There is a lot of vegetation within the site. The Maths Lawn is used for many events which take place within the university. Events like open day, barbeque events, club meetings, club sales etc. are held in this lawn. The lawn is also sued by students to hang out with friends. One can also see students studying in the area due to its environment which is very pleasant. Being an open area, many students prefer to study here. Thus, one can see multi-cultural events and people from all over the world who come to study in Adelaide hang out in this area. Also, the Engineering Building has a cafĂŠ, Aroma CafĂŠ which also encourages students to hang out in this area. Representation II Ravina Prajapati A1697406
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Light is something due to which life exists. Light is referred as a symbol of life that comes from a god who cares for creation. Just as all living things on Earth need sunlight to grow physically, people need the light of loving relationships with the creator to grow spiritually. Light is the source of goodness and the ultimate reality. Light is a symbol of hope. During festivals, people light candles and pray to god for their and their families’ well-being, good health and prosperity.
LUMINOSITY AND ILLUMINATION The amount of brightness an object radiates is the luminosity of that object. Luminosity deals with a circumstance of emitting light, but illumination is the situation of illuminating or providing with light. One feature of luminosity being, it reflects light from the object. As far as illumination is concerned, it has a feature of radiating light. Luminosity is measured in joules. Luminance is the objective measure of light intensity per unit area, whereas brightness is the subjective sensation that the viewer experiences when looking at object or surface.
Luminosity + Illumination
Luminosity is the amount of brightness an object releases. It is the measure of brightness. The quantity of energy that anybody in space emits from its surface is referred to as luminosity of that object. It is referred to the brightness, which is the luminosity of an object in a given spectral region.
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Light Matters: Sacred Spaces
Luminosity
Small gaps which allow light to come into the space of Capilla del Retiro in Chile, is one of the best examples to explain the concept of luminosity. The small gap between the wall and the ceiling reflects light from the space from below. It creates an impression that the box floats magically. The gap which allows light to enter brightens the space within. The cross which is cut in the Church of Light by Tadao Ando reduces the luminous surface of the wall and thus intensifies the brightness contrast within the space. The usage of light can lead to diverse feelings inside a space. It can create space as well as close space. Many architects have used light to convey their meaning of experience within. This article relates to how architects have used light and luminosity in religious places to form a symbolic meaning in the interior. Gottfried Bohm’s Mariendom in Germany gives the visitor a dark environment to focus his attention away from the world. The sunlight enters through small roof lights and highlights the altar. The environment turns slightly brighter as one keeps going inside the space. Similarly, Peter Zumthor contrasts between daylight and darkness surprises the visitor in his project in Germany, Bruder Klaus Field Chapel.
The above examples state how light can affect the interior space within a building. All the stated architects have used natural lighting to light up their projects. Light and luminosity play an important role in the designing of a space. The orientation of the building also depends on the direction of the sun rays. Light plays a very important role while an architect designs a space. Luminosity is the most important factor in the understanding of architecture. The relationship between light and architecture is beached in the principles of physics. It is about the amount of brightness and the intensity of the light rays. In architecture, luminosity also implies to an emotional effect on people. The quality of luminosity in a space tells one about its character and creates impressions. The way a human eye perceives the reflection of light tells about the ambience of the space within. Luminosity within a space creates emotions and feelings that force us to take particular actions. It is important to analyze the space from within and its usage: its form and function. The luminosity of a place also creates different feelings within a space. The brighter a place, the happier and more lively it will be.
(http://www.archdaily.com/490781/light-matters-sacred-spaces)
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Stage 2 Initial Idea Development and Spatial Diagram of Concept 1
Initial Idea Development and Spatial Diagram of Concept 1
Spatial Diagram
The given perspectival cross section shows the movement of the people within the building. It shows the different levels of pavillion as well.
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Design Precedents
Reflection
The main precedent of 2 design concepts was an ornamental jaali, also called mesh. In the ancient architecture of India, Jaali structure was used in many Mahals and Temples to get wind and sunlight inside the building.
The concept of jaali is used on walls and roof for 2 designs. When the sunlight comes in room through roofs and passes through mesh, the shadow of sunlight touches the ground.
A jali is an open small gaps in different shapes within the wall, which can be wooden structure, metal or stone structure. The main inspiration of the jaali is Sidi Saiyad Mosque in India.
The idea of the shape of Design has been taken from a bridge as well as from mountain. Manupulating the ground surface and making it like mountain or bridge was the initial idea for the design.
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Plans in Context
Not to Scale
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Sectional Elevation
Reflection
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Aerial and Ground Views
Reflection
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Internal Views
Movement of people inside the Pavillion
Sunlight entering in the pavillion through roof
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Reflection
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Throwing back of light after bouncing from a surface is known as Reflection. The angle at which a light wave hits the surface is the same as the angle in which it bounces. When the angle of light hits the surface and the angle which bounces back is called irregular reflection.
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In terms of philosophy, when a person thinks back on his past, he is reflecting things that have already taken place. He reflects back at his good and bad past and thinks about the actions he took or could have taken at that point. He reflects what he had done and the consequences of that and what he could have done and the consequences of that. He reflects at his past as a lesson for the future. He also learns from his mistakes he took in his past by reflecting on them.
Reflection is the process of reproducing things in inorganic nature. Lighting is an important part of designing. By the time of emergence of modernism, many people were conscious about inflection of the massive glass structure. The magnificence of the building and space has been moved from the internal view to the external surface due to the common understanding of the light and brilliance. Light would help creating phenomenal architectural structure and a better world. Glass and metal have been used to create crystalline Images. The light and space movement does not make only people conscious about space but also about how one observes it in relation to the light and architecture.
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Reflection
The new ideas of transparency and reflective imagery for entire building came up during the early 20th century, when Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut proposed a new type of glass which was culturally made of coloured, sparkling in the sun, crystalline shapes of the white glass, which makes jewel-like architecture. Later, the new vision of the glass was invented by Mies van der Rohe, when he casted off his rectangular shaped tower in a favour of free-form glass skin in his proposal for The Glass Skyscraper in Berlin in 1921. At the same time, there were many other beautifully designed and architecturally modern buildings built with the use of glass. In those buildings glass was used in different shapes and in different sunlight reflections, like distinctive curves reflects the light as bright lines, horizontal lines, and direct sunlight under bright glossy points look like jewel-like-shimmer.
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The aspiration of Herzog & de Meuron's was first fulfilled to transform the mirror effects of modernist glass skyscrapers, was the Prada Epicenter in Tokyo, 2003. The glazing shell shaped glass structured building creates distorted reflection due to the presence of the convex external shapes of the glass. The aesthetic brilliance from glass to metal was done by an American architect, Frank Gehry in his building, Guggenheim Museum which was clad in titanium, Bilbao in 1997. This building has turned into an urban jewel that kicked off abundant urban redevelopments with its iconic metallic structure. Frank Gehry has not only brought a dynamic planning of forms to Bilbao but reinforced his design with a unique, dynamic image which varies with every cloud and sunbeam. The titanium sheets are less than half a millimetre thick, which is interesting. This idea of metallic sheets was soon adopted by many architects in the world. Today, even mirror effect and reflection of glass inside the building are seen in many buildings around the world. Even in Australia, South Australian Health and Medical research building which has been designed by Woods Bagot. This iconic building is an aluminium structure and it fulfils the challenge of protecting the interior of the building against the harsh sunlight. Moreover, the interest in complex reflective material, shapes and patterns shows the design intention and use of those material in different ways with the modern techniques. Representation II Ravina Prajapati A1697406
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