Representation II STAGE 1 SITE ANALYSIS
By Zeyu Hu A1682598
CONTENT LIST
Page.1 Site Plan Page.2 Elevation Page.3&4 Shade & Shadow Page.5 Site Views Page.6 Stie Analysis Page.7&8 Ambient light Analysis Page.9&10 Luminosity Essay
D B
A C
SITE PLAN Location: University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
Elevation of the Barr Smith Library
Elevation of the Eng/ Math Building
Elevation of the INGKARNI WARDLI
Shadow of Summer at Shadow of Summer at Shadow of Summer at 9 am on 21 JAN 12 pm on 21 JAN 3 pm on 21 JAN
Shadow of Winter at 9 am on 22 AUG
Shadow of Winter at 12 pm on 22 AUG
Shadow of Winter at 3 pm on 22 AUG
View on the ground Position B
View on the ground Position A View in the sky Position C View in the sky Position D
Site Analyze: The red area in the map is the site that we gonna use for the design project. The blue line is a rough movement of the people around this site. At the end of this site is a side door for uni, and the site sometimes will be used as the club activities or some other events.
Ambient light analysis At night, the street lambs alone the pedestrians are on. And two big lambs shoot to the Barr Smith Library. There also are many lights in the corridors of the engineering building, MLS building and EngMath building. Stand in front of the Barr Smith Libr ary, the middle area looks a little bit dark than surroundings, but at another side of this area, it looks all good. So, it’s relative bright in the night time and everything can be seen clearly.
Ambient light analysis In day time, the mainly light source is the sunshine by refl ection, refraction and diffusion. Though there is large area glass, but due to the color of glass, there won’t be too much sunshine reflected by the glass to the ground. And in the summer time, the sunshine can directly radiate to the grassland until the sunset. But in the winter, the site will be covered by the shadows after 12pm and at 3pm it will be shaded about half of the whole area.
Luminosity Definition:
According to the dictionary, the luminosity is a word describe the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light. In astronomy area, the word is used to judge how bright a star or Sun is. In the art, it means the quality of color, the different levels shade of color.
Philosopher meaning:
The reason why we can see the objects is not because the object can emit the light, but it is the result of reflecting, refracting and diffusing of light. If an object can absorb all the light, then this object is not visible for our eyes, but we cannot say it doesn’t exist. And the different levels of luminosity for an object can make people have a total different feeling of the object. The sculpture in the image never changed, but it gives people different feeling and impression; it’s simply due to the different luminosity and light direction. Hence, the luminosity may affect the people’s judgement about the object in a total different direction.
Meaning in architecture: 1. The different levels of luminosity can create a certain atmosphere and circumstance that architect want to achieve; and the atmosphere can have a directly effects on people mood, especially in the place such as gallery, church and museum. Church of the light in Japan, designed by Tadao Ando, is one of the best project to show the using of light. This church is built with concrete, with a cross gap on the east facing façade. In the design, only one window was opened to the church hall and limited light can through the glass entering the interior. Not like the traditional church, there is no ornaments on the wall; only the bare concrete walls surround the space and this space is filled with t he darkness due to the limited light can come in. As a result of this design, a void and peaceful space was form, which correspond to Ando’s ideas that create a “Zen” space
for peoples’ meditation or prayer. The light come in from the east façade become a natural light cross. The light cross as the only religious symbol in the church, also as another light source, it formed a strong contrast between the hardconcrete solid and the dark, void space. The comparison shows the soft of light and highlights the sanctity of cross in people’s mind. Another meaning for the architecture is the illumination, the most basic but important meaning. Different building has the different requirements for the illumination. The Kimbell Art Museum by Louis Kahn focused on the use of natural light, it creates a sophisticated space that are perfectly suited for the art exhibition. The core point also the most distinctive place in the design is the roof. The natural light through the skylight come in, part of the light is reflected by the aluminum panel and flow in along with the concrete. Other natural light come in through the gaps between the aluminum panels to avoid the dark in the interior space. On the floor plan, three light court were settled and two of them located in the south exhibition room. Thus, the daylighting in south area is better than north, and it can meet the different requirements for different exhibits. Such as the drawings that need to avoid the light can be placed in the north area and the sculptures can be placed in south at the same period time.
By Zeyu HU A1682598