Light Pavilion Design for Representation II
Representation II Zilong Ma a1680673 August 2017
CONTENT Elevations & Plan of site
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Design idea 1
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Site Analysis
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Design idea 2
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Site history
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3D Internal views
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Photographic study of ambient light
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Design precedent
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Light study: Luminosity
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Light study: Reflection
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Elevation & Plan
School of Computer Science
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wo lawns in between The Braggs, Molecular Life Sciences, Ingkarni Wardli and the Engineering and Maths Sciences building. These buildings influence the site in terms of feeling, emotion and physical relationship like the shade. Besides, the Facade (elevation ) of these architectures plays an important role of the concept design. Barr Smith Library
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Site Plan in scale of 1: 1000
Maths lawns in between The Braggs, Molecular Life Sciences, Ingkarni Wardli and the Engineering and Maths Sciences building. If you’re looking for a bench to sit on, these lawns are lined by picnic tables. A water bubbler stands in front of The Braggs entrance.
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Site Analysis Access and movement
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he site is located in the north east corner of university of Adelaide, connected by two main roads and several paths. Visitors can easily get into the site by walking and cycling, but not driving as the driveway is not besides. Overall, the site is an attractive place since there is a great number of population go through the site and use it in different way such as holding festival, teaching activities and strolling. Maths Lawns can gather a large population during major campus festival especially in the good weather.
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Uni of Adelaide Campus Roads and Paths
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Shade and Shadow During summer in Adelaide, the temperature can be quite high and so does the solar altitude. 80% of the site can be lighten from 9am to 3pm. However during winter, only 10% of the site can be lighten form morning to afternoon.
Shade and shadow at three times of the day in summer and in winter (9am/12noon/3pm)
3D views (2 Arial views and 2 Ground views)
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Historical site
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his site is a relatively large area for people to hold festivals and teaching activites which allowed Maths Lawns being able to reflect the campus value and culture of University of Adelaide. The library located in the west side of Maths Lawns is quite unique. Barr Smiths and the Elders were noted philanthropists, closely interested in the social and cultural development of the Colony. The University of Adelaide was founded in 1874, and Robert Barr Smith served as a member of its Council for 19 years. During his lifetime his donations to the University exceeded £20,000, including £9,000 for the improvement of the Library. In 1899 the University Council resolved that its library should bear the name “The Barr Smith Library”.
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Photographic Study of Ambient light
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he lighting facilities in uni campus is very advanced. During the night time, Mathes Lawns can be lightened very well and people can find various typle of well designed lighting facilities around the Braggs, Molecular Life Sciences, Ingkarni Wardli and the Engineering and Maths Sciences building.
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Photographic study of ambient light (Day time)
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Light Study 1: Luminosity
Luminosity is a term frequently used in the art, design and architectural sphere. Linguistically, luminosity can be identified as lightness or brightness. The term is also used professionally in astronomy as the amount of energy that stars and galaxies have, and is also a unit of electromagnetic energy. The following essay touches on the philosophical meaning of luminosity and its architectural meaning through a specific case study. In terms of philosophical meaning, luminosity has different definitions. There exists a special relationship between luminosity, where there exists an illuminator (source of light) and the acceptor of that light source. Normally, people perceive things around them by the amount of light that is absorbed by the light receptors in the human eye. There is always one or more illuminators in the environment which contains luminosity. Whether or not people perceive its luminosity is dependent on light reflection. Thus, it reflects the existential value of the object as well as the acceptors which are affected by the luminosity of the illuminator. If illuminators no longer exist, the luminosity of other objects will disappear as they require light as a medium, as well as the reflection of light. This reinforces the fact that acceptors themselves are unable to produce light.
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In short, both the illuminator itself and object or acceptor can all contain luminosity. Nonetheless, the illuminator can directly affect other objects. This key factor is what changes people’s awareness of objects around them.
In the field of architecture, the contact between it and luminosity is direct and obvious. Many architects and designers like to relate their design concept with lighting and brightness, and luminosity plays a significant role in terms of expression. Similarly, the awareness of shape, material, size and even space in architecture can be reshaped by varying luminosity. It has become a technique for helping designers to express themselves and create more impressive and attractive buildings. According to Zaha Hadid’s works, she used a more direct way of show the meanings of luminosity in architecture. She cleverly used her skill to create buildings in a unique form, placing both natural light and artificial light inside in order to render and strengthen the feature of her design concept. Line works can be easily found in her design since she intuitively revealed the appearance of lighting and luminosity. Especially in her late career, this feature became much more obvious. Some key examples of her work include the Guangzhou Opera House (China, 2010), Heydar Aliyev Centre (Baku, 2012) and Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre (Nanjing, 2016), where light is shaped directly on the building line and becomes the major part of building.
meantime. In conclusion, luminosity is an indispensable element in architectural design. It can be used directly and indirectly to enhance the awareness, feeling and understanding of space and lines. Too much or little luminosity cannot be a good thing, it really needs to be controlled and varied as a highly stylized and personal expression technique.
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ouis Kahn realized the power of luminosity as well, but much earlier and in a different light compared to Zaha Hadid. He highlighted the importance of shallow or said darkness, an opposite character and also a derivative of light. In his work, shadow always weigh more than luminosity. The illuminators are usually hidden; an exposed illuminator can be rarely found. The point is that he wanted people to pay more attention towards the effect of luminosity on the building and how it shapes the space around it; not on the origin of the illuminator itself. Neither the Indian Institute of Management or Salk Institute designed by Louis Kahn can be a good instance of showing the effect of shadow. Large size windows and open space did not invite much light into the building due to its closed roof which creates another type of luminosity in these buildings. As Kahn referred to in architecture, shadow is more like a precious material of a building, instead of being a result of shelter. He tried to keep the shadow inside of building and try to protect the cool shadow as he said. In other word, Louis Kahn kept a low profile of utilizing luminosity and expressed elegance of his concept at the
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Design Idea 1
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he design idea 1 focus on attracting the light into the underground rooms through separated blocks with different angles. It is inspirited by the concrete blocks in campus. Using the transmission of light, and referencing the inside design of Ronchamp church, the contour of light projection can be changed into interesting shapes.
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Design Idea 2
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he design idea 2 focus is inspirited by the angled glazing faรงade around the site. Using the transmission and reflection of light, and referencing the phenomenon of crystallization of light, the contour of light projection can be changed into interesting shapes.
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Spatial diagrams 1 Internal view
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3D internal view of idea 1
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3D internal view of idea 2
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Design Precedent Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp Le Corbusier
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orbusier wanted the space to be meditative and reflective in purpose. The stark white walls add to this purist mentality that when the light enters into the chapel there becomes this washed out, ethereal atmosphere. The effect of the light evokes expressive and emotional qualities that create heightened sensations in tune with the religious activities.
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Inside of Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut
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Light Study 1: Reflection
Reflection is commonly identified as an optical phenomenon and physical term which is always connected with mirror and water. In short, it is the change in direction when light go through one medium to another. The reflection of light can either be diffuse or specular depending on the material of the interface. The following essay will discuss the philosophical meaning of this specific term and its meaning in architecture through case study. Basically, according to the light reflecting back into people’s eye, things can be felt and comprehended. Then reflection of light helps people to perceive the colour, shape and texture of common objects. In terms of philosophical meaning, it means embodying: presenting both the existence and character of the medium and also presenting the feature of other surrounding items. For instance, a piece of glass would not perform the same lustre when placed in desert and forest respectively. Thus, it is a kind of cooperation between objects, and reflection needs to work in an environment of mutual influence. If there exists only one independent object, the reflection will not work as it requires an object to assist in the reflection. In addition, it can be also identified as repeating, copying and distortion when the characteristic of presenting surrounding items’ feature dominates.
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For example, people always notice the images reflected by the mirror, although it has contained the feature of itself. Overall, with reflection, the links between things are often strengthened, objects reinforce the value of existence and features of each other through reflection.
When taking about reflection in architecture, the first thing coming in mind is usually glass, steel and such materials with smooth surface. These materials are widely used in modern architecture and they are more frequently fund as façade of building instead of inside structure. The uniform glazing façade was quite popular in the past, famous examples like Seagram Building by Mies van der Rohe. And such building can be easily found in every developed city when modernism became dominant after World War II. These typical design all focused on reflecting the light and presenting the self-character: revealing the gloss of the glass, while other building materials cannot achieve the desired effect. Nowadays, architects pay more attention on the outlooks, shape and structure of façade since the public had been bored by those square glazing buildings. Different type of glass, steel and even plastic are integrally used in façade, presenting light reflection in a various way. The outside structure of architectures became more complex and unconventional.
In conclusion, reflection is an attractive element that designer like to use in architecture. It is not good to reflect things around too directly and completely. With certain choice and plan, it can be a great tool of contacting the surrounding environment, subjectively emphasizing the character of building itself and the idea of coordination of environment.
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ccording to one of Herzog & de Meuron’s work named Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the curvy glass façade is very special compared with other surrounding architectures. It was harmoniously integrated into the local scenery. The designer cleverly used his skill to create a mirror façade in a unique form, reproducing the sense of Hamburg in an unreal and distorted way, and effectively point out the relationship between the environment and the architecture. Additionally, one of Arnaud Lapierre’s design called the ring installation in Place Vendôme in Paris is also a fantastic example of how reflection can be introduced in architecture, it used scattered mirrored blocks to copy and re-join the surrounding environment, presenting an experience of disorientation. Through reflection, images in mirror is not necessarily be complete or consistent but also can be transformed and given new distinctive features, adding interest to the building.
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