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Light Study I
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site analysis
The Barr Smith Lawns are surrounded by three buildings - the Braggs, Ingkarni Wardli and the Barr Smith
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Library. Through observation and records, it is obvious that the Math lawns is used for various type of events like Open Day, Volunteer Work, etc.
PLACE
On a daily basis, the Math Lawns offers a range of tables for students along the grassed area and this is a popular path for students entering the university from Frome Road. This area is highly used by engineering and maths students. During daytime, the space is famous to be sunshiny and it’s considered a great spot during winter. At night, streaks of lighting along most buildings together with the light poles creates the path for pedestrians going through the space.
ground view night time
day time aerial view
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access, movement
Summer 9AM/ 12PM/ 3PM
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SHADE
social character
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9AM/ 12PM/ 3PM Winter
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luminosity
/ˌluː.mɪˈnɒs.ə.tɪ/ noun Luminosity is defined as the condition of being bright or having light, the state of producing or reflecting bright light and appearing to shine. In the field of computer graphics the concept of luminosity is different altogether, a synonym in fact for the concept of lightness, other- In the Early Buddhist Texts wise known as the value or tone component of a color. there are various mentions of luminosity which refer to the development of the mind in meditation. Luminosity is interpreted differently according to the various Buddhist traditions, it is most often employed to describe the mind’s inherent characteristic of purity that lacks defilements such as afflictive emotions.
Philosophical.
Phaeno Science Center, 2005, Wolfsburg
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The early Buddhist traditions such as Theravāda generally use the term to illustrate the idea that impurities are not inherent to the mind. This fact is what allows for the possibility of enlightenment, since stains or afflictions of the mind can potentially be completely and permanently removed, emphasize the direct realization or experience of luminosity as itself a means for enlightenment.
Case Study. Zaha Hadid’s works have always been known for its fantastical conceptual drawings and the way she uses lighting to enhance the effect in the physical form is studied in the following paragraph. The Vitra Fire Station is the typical example about expressing the feeling of the space through the combination of sharp, linear lines and lighting. The light intensifies and separates the inside and outside space while giving a blur border line between the two. The building’s obliquely intersecting concrete planes, which serve to shape and define the street running through the complex, represent the earliest attempt to translate Hadid’s powerful conceptual drawings into a functional architectural space. Along with the fluid, curving structure is the use of artificial lights both reinforces the masculine look of the line work and gives softer looks to the concrete forms by adding light strips to the façade. The lighting usage here has created a lightness in a heavy weight material such as concrete.
From the article Fluid Luminosity: The Architectural Lighting of Zaha Hadid, it is evident that Zaha, and other architects, has gradually brought both artificial and natural luminosity into materials and structures throughout their professional careers. Following the success of Vitra Fire Station, the Phaeno Science Centre was completed in 2005 with light going through window openings and lighting fixtures of the façade. In this example, Zaha widened the openings of the concrete structure and softened the building by putting more curvy corners and edges to her initial design rather than using lighting only.
Luminosity in Architecture has multiple layers of definitions, but in summary, the use of light through Zaha Hadid’s works presents the power to express the feeling of space and buildings sitting in the land through lighting. Light absorbing materials provide a sense of protection and heaviness while light reflective materials create a weightlessness environment. Zaha’s works are excellent examples explain how can the use of lighting in architectural design change the atmosphere of the overall landscape and the building itself.
Over time, we can see that she move from heavy, unreflecting materials such as concrete to a more light sensitive like glass, as shown through the Nordpark Railway Station. The bloblike form of the buildings infused with the reflection of daylight works perfectly with the surrounding landscape and as well during night time.
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idea generation Geometrical diagraming of embracing nature
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IDEA
Geometrical explorations
The design starts with literal meaning of each word depicted through the diagrams on the left. Then each is translated in to sketches interacted with the nature idea. The final design is a combination of all three explorations, elements represent each word is selected to be in the final stage. The elements: - LIGHT: Shadows change according to light source - EMBRACING: Shadows created by overlapping the patterns - NATURE: Pattern of growing branches
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idea generation Point of Entry
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Contextualising on Site & Point of Enlightenment
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reflection /rɪˈflekʃ(ə)n/ noun Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back from a surface and do not pass through it or what one sees when looking into a mirror or body of water the act of reflecting. The act of turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. Reflection can also be understood as the image of something in a mirror or on any reflective surface.
Philosophical. Philosophical reflection is the careful examination of life situations. This involves the weighing of several alternatives and using specific standards to evaluate one’s actions. A man reflects philosophically when he is able to build on previous actions, events, or decisions. Human self-reflection is the capacity of humans to exercise introspection and to attempt to learn more about their fundamental nature and essence. ...
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Human self-reflection is related to the philosophy of consciousness, the topic of awareness, consciousness in general, means to look back at the past and learn from the actions
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Case Study.
In Architectural Design, reflection is popular with the use in buildings’ façades. Glass is the most popular among the reflective materials, and thanks to various reflective qualities according the type, architects have utilized this materials in a way that the structure can interact with the surrounding environment. This concept is evident in Herzog and de Meurons’ Elbphilharmonie where it houses the copied image of the environment. Since the façade is made of convex and concave glass, the city, the sky and the water can now be perceived in a distorted but beautiful image. Moreover, the appearance changes accordingly to the weather as well. The cloudy, grey sky make the buildings looks softer but heavier, when the sun is out, the combination of curves and pointed angles produces a crystalline image, reflecting the sun rays with a golden skin. The façade acts like another water surface to the cityscape with the reflective materials and its pattern and provides a miraculous look floating above the brick structure.
The SAHMRI (the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute) in Adelaide, Australia by Woods Baggot is another beautiful example of blobitecture in modern world with the use of reflection and transparency in one site. Cutting edge architecture by Woods Bagot, including an innovative facade design, provides approximately 25,000 square metres of space. Inspired by the skin of a pine cone, the building’s unique triangulated dia-grid facade responds to its environment like a living organism, acting as an articulated sunshade. Following an intensive environmental analysis with consultants Atelier 10, Woods Bagot used parametric modelling tools to integrate environmental, programmatic, and formal requirements into the facade. This structure somehow fits with the surrounding landscape and has the similar effects with Elbphilharmonie, a distorted mirrored image of the cityscape. Day or night, the SAHMRI is a masterpiece of true reflection from both interior and exterior views.
The study of reflection has allowed architects to experiments with how human can perceive an image of the surrounding worlds through buildings. The examples above are excellent designs that can capture and enhance the conditions and connections of the site towards its environment. The skin of the buildings now can interact with the everchanging weather and our beautiful natural world. It is worth mentioned that architectural design no longer seen as just simply shelter, it’s a fully functioning organ of the body, which is the city we are living in.
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mobility
unfolded
form explorations Development
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FORM
Isometric View
Glass ceiling Glass structure
Light structure Library Seminar room 1 Seminar room 2 Reading room
Disabled toilet Female toitlet Male toilet Storage room Reception area
Exhibition area
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form explorations Plan
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Roof PLan
Elevation
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opacity
/əʊˈpæs.ə.ti/ noun the quality or state of a body that makes it impervious to the rays of light, describes how opaque an object is. While it is not specific to computer terminology, the term is often used in computer graphics software. For example, many programs include an “Opacity” setting that allows you to adjust the transparency of an image
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Philosophical. The term is used in philosophical theories of reference, and is to be contrasted with “referentially transparent context”.
Case Study.
The problem of referential opacity is to explain why a certain inference rule of classical logic sometimes produces invalid-seeming inferences when applied to ascriptions of mental states. The rule concerns substitution of terms for the same object, and here is one of the controversial examples.
In architecture, opacity often refers to the ability of a structure to let light go through and the clarity of the architects expression through their design. From the article “Light Matters: Whiteness in Nordic Countries” (Thomas Schielke, 2014), we can see that lighting acts as the most important elements in Scandinavian countries such as Denmark and Finland where daylight can be scarce at certain times of the year.
At the heart of narrative, opacity is the idea that a reader’s attention to textual nuances, implicit evaluations, narrator reliability, symbolic resonance, humour, irony, tone, allusions or figurative meanings in the textual content will help give precise shape to the thoughts and beliefs that the content brings to mind.
Opacity, particularly in Nordic architecture, is used to convert the feeling of the space from heavy and dark to bright and light. Due to the angle of sunlight hitting these countries in winter, long shadow are cast and light enters buildings in a different ways compared to other locations on the map. During summer, daylight lasts longer and to adapt with the environment, architects have played extensively with white surfaces to balance with winter darkness.
The white surfaces in Steven Holl’s Herning Museum of Contemporary Art magnify the brightness of the interior whilst bring in the whiteness of the snowy landscape in the winter months. The use of white also widely used in religious buildings through a variety of materials and textures, Light is used to put a dramatic effect to the holy space, for instance, the Dybkaer church by Regnbuen Arkitekter. There are three main point for light to enter the building. Light from the north enters low into the building and from the south bathing its walls in light. With all walls being white, light travels around the space and features a shadow pattern and the transiency of light is a distinctive approach to light in the Nordic regions.
Another example is the Pirkkala Chruch by Kapy and Simo Paavilanine with light enhances the back wall. Light was used to induce comtemplation as well as an addition to the beginning or end of the church service. In summary, the use of light in design is important to define and illuminate the space. From museums to religious buildings, the quality of light is enhanced by the aid of white smooth surfaces that offers a soft feeling of infinity and eternity.
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materiality Aerial Views in Context
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FORM
Ground Views in Context
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materiality
Interior View
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Seminar room
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materiality Library
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Construction Details Interior Wall - Curved Concrete Wall Concrete wall
Zip ties to secure the wall
Additional reinforcing attached to the outside of the radius
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filtration
/fɪlˈtreɪʃn/ noun the action or process of filtering something. The process of purifying or altering something using the concept of separation using a filter. A transparent material are used to reduce or change the wavelength of the light by the ability to block or absorb certain wavelengths.
Philosophical. In philosophy, filtration can be understood as the process of distinguish the good with the negative. The negative can be useless, incorrect information is separated from the fact and relevant material, or it can be filter the negative thoughts from your life to develop positivity. The process can be used to make better decisions and develop opinions and views towards one particular subject. Filtration can be seen as a cleansing procedure in which we form our own view of life from exterior motives and become the most concentrated version of ourselves.
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Case Study. In “Light Matters: Le Corbusier and a Trinity of Light”, Corbusier is considered to be a master of light when he experimented with orientation, openings and textures along with daylight. In his work with sacred place like the chapel of Ronchamp, the monastery of Saint Marie de La Tourette and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy, light is used to illuminate the holy space. In the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp (1950-1955) he introduces light to the interior through a strip lies in the middle of the east and south wall. His strategy of placing windows and openings helps to lead sunlight into the space inside. And the slit between the roof and the walls gives out a different, sharper nature into the thick walls of the chapel. This filtration of light renders a range of qualities within the religious structure.
For the monastery of Saint Marie de La Tourette built in 1960 at Eceux-sur-l’Arvresle, light gives the building a sense of rhythm with all corridors have an open side but with different arrangement of windows. Each window again has an aperiodic, fluent rhythm. Another project is the Church at Firminy , 2006 where Le Corbusier wanted to embrace the miners and steel workers with the main material being concrete. The use of small windows on the east façade of the building filter light onto the interior surfaces throughout the day. The morning light penetrates through these openings as small beam of lights onto the floor then they change through out the day.
At the end of the day, the light seeps in as a wave that flow smoothly through the openings. The effect is created by the way light travel through the clear polycarbonate pipes. The effect also changes according to the time, by midday the tubes in the roof gives a harsh and sharp stray of light piercing through the darkness in the church. This them become softer when the sky is overcast, provide a subtle feeling to the space. Corbusier’s filtration of light decorate and enhance his structures. The placement of windows and openings is carefully carried out to offer different qualities of light to render his structure with a variety of moods and pattern. In the end, filtration of light is the bridge connecting the exterior and interior space of the buildings.
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REPRESENTATION II 2019 SEEK LIGHT
EMBRACING NATURE