Figure 2.17: Junichuro Tanisakis “In praise of shadows”

Quantitative method

Orchestration of darkness and light in architecture.

 The Lumen Input Method  The Daylight Factor Method.  The Flux Transfer Method

 Physical Scale Modeling of Daylighting Systems  Glare analysis

Qualitative method.

This method is a study on the psycological perception in a space.

2.6.1 Psychological Interpretation in a space.

How we perceive our environment affects the way we feel and behave. The impressions of our ambient environment are influenced by its entire spectrum of physical characteristics. It is currently not known how different environmental characteristics should be combined to effectively induce desired emotional and behavioural effects.

To have the desired feelings in space the architecture elements should be properly used while designing. Elements include light, darkness, sound, smell, texture, scale, materials.

When we are present in a space our brain senses the elements in the space and we get feelings as a byproduct of the mixture of our senses.

I took a survey among my classmates and other people and asked them to state the kind of emotions they feel while entering into any space. Then, I categorized the emotions under 3 major broad headings and made a list of it.

Three major categories: Pleasant, Unpleasant and Unspecified.

Pleasant

1. Amazed/ Astonished 2. Aired 3. Happy 4. Serene 5. Safe 6. Calm/ Peaceful/Satisfaction/Comfortable 7. Proud/Respect.