Seeking Light is Self-reflection. by Ziyan Qi

SEEKING LIGHT IS SELFREFLECTION Ziyan Qi #1682771

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SITE INFORNATION SITE ANALYSIS LUMINOSITY

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"SEEKING LIGHT IS SELF-REFLECTION"

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LIGHT PAVILION IDEATIONS REFLECTION

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PROJECT: FLUIDIC ENLIGHTMENT FORM & MATERIALITY OPACITY FILTRATION

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SITE PLAN 1:1000

ENGINEER & MATH BUILDING, INGKARNI WARDII BUILDING ELEVATION 1:100

BARR SMITH LIBRARY ELECVATION 1:500

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PLACE GROUND VIEW 1

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AERIAL VIEW 1

AERIAL VIEW 2

THE BRAGGS BUILDING, THE MLS BUILDING ELEVATION 1:1000

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AMBIENT LIGHT AMBIENT LIGHT STUDY -- DAY TIME

AMBIENT LIGHT STUDY -- NIGHT TIME

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SHADE & SHADOW SUMMER 9:00

WINTER 9:00

SUMMER 12:00

WINTER 12:00

SUMMER 15:00

WINTER 15:00

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SITE OUTLINE

LAWN AREA

PATH & FLOW

...ABOUT THE PLACE ACCESS & MOVEMENTS -- TO GO TO THE MATH LAWN, 3 ENTRANCES CAN BE ACHIEVED RESPECTIVELY FROM THE GATE 6 ON FROME ROAD, THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH PEDESTRIAN NEAR BARR SMITH LIBRARY. THE MAIN FLOW AROUND THE PLACE IS ALSO GATHERED ON THESE THREE PATHS. TWO PATHS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND THE LAWN AREA ARE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE GATE 6 AND THE SITE. STUDENTS CAN ACCESS TO THE BUILDINGS AND THE EXIST BY GOING THROUGH THE PATHS.

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USE PATTERN --THE MATH LAWN IS SURROUNDED BY A COMBINATION OF MODERN BUILDING AND HERITAGE BUILDING. THE OPEN SPACE (LAWN AREA) OFTEN HOLDS VARIOUS CAMPUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OPEN DAYS, O'WEEK AND COMMUNICATING MEETNG. ITS LOCATION AND FEATURES MAKE IT VERY POPULAR AMONG STUDENTS FOR BOTH RECREATION AND COMMUNICATION. THE BENCHESAND TABLES PLACED ALONG THE PATHS ARE USED BY STUDENTS MAINLY FOR HAVING REST AND SMALL MEETINGS. AROUND THE SITE, THERE ARE CAFE AND SPACE FOR BIKE PARKING, WHICH MAKES THE SITE MULTIFUNCTIONAL.

SOCIAL CHARACTER --AS AN IMPORTANT PART IN UNI OF ADELAIDE, THE MATH LAWN IS MAINLY USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. WITH THE COMPANY OF BARR SMITH LIBRARY, THE MATH LAWN IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REMINDING PEOPLE OF THE HISTORY AND THE VALUE OF HERITAGE BUILDING. SO IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGN THE BARR SMITH LIBRARY CANNOT BE OBSTUCTED FROM MAINLY NORTH DIRECTION. SINCE IT CANNOT BE REACHED THROUGH THE NORTH ENTRANCE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE ITS DECORATION VALUE

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Luminosity, as is defined by Collins dictionary, is used to explain the condition of being luminous (Collins 2010). For instance, the luminosity of sun presents how bright the sun is. Physically, luminosity can be used to describe the healthy glow on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skin (Collins 2010). The word is also used in astronomy to present the measure of how much radiant power a star emits, in order to show how energetic it is. Luminosity, which is seldom used at present and usually appears in poem collections (Collins 2010), also has its philosophical meanings.

In philosophical field, the word is always connected with humanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental and psychological states, showing themselves in forms of the closure of knowledge, selfknowledge and infallibility. That is to say, originally the luminosity, which was present in artworks, colors, mosaics and painting materials, influenced people with its purity and energy, which made people explore the heuristic meanings of it (Gage 1999).

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It is considered as a representative of infallibility, certainty, incorrigibility and transparency by some philosophers, which strongly effects peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cognitions during they make sure of their positions and capacities (Neta & Rohrbaugh 2004). The stronger capacities and cognitions that people develop to gain and maintain knowledge, to know themselves and to reach infallibility, the stronger the luminosity is.

UMINOSITY The Neanderthal Museum designed by Barozzi Veiga studio in Spain makes the shade and light in the building more regular. Because of the whole structure and style tend to be more geometrical, the luminosity of the building is carved out and becomes different sizes of rectangular, circular and triangular patterns. And the patterns of luminosity can change their sizes and features as the views are changing. Also, the stronger and shaper lines of the building makes the contrast between shades and lights more dramatic and apparent because the strong ability of light blocking, which, meanwhile, makes the luminosity feature of the building stand out.

How luminosity presents in the museum seems to have clean and sharp features, which provides a neat feeling to people and makes scenes in order.If the light performed by the House of Dior is described to be a soft and flowy skirt of a young lady, then the luminosity patterns in Neanderthal Museum is definitely a set of tangrams with lots of imaginations and creation. As the luminoaity is presented differently in buildings with various styles, the visual and mental experience it gives to people can also make a huge differences. So, luminosity can decide how people react to a building and should be regarded as an irreplaceable part of architecture characters.

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PRECEDENTS

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...On Site Due to the selections of materials, there are abundant reflective elements on the site to be taken as precedents such as the facades of the engineering building. When people stand against the continuous waving glass facade, 2-3 reflections would appear, which is fun to observe and meaningful for self-reflection theme.

...Off Site An artwork stood out in the National Gallery of Victoria also shows the concept of reflection quite comprehensively. The mirror puzzle made up by series pieces of mirror reflects people in the form of small continuous pieces, which becomes an attraction for people to go in and see themselves in multiple.

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IDEATION I 'PARALLELOGRAM'

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IDEATION II 'TANGRAM'

A substantial series of reflective lines begin to make connection. And finally. they form a comprehensive system looking like tangram. 'Tangram' takes the possibility for lights to fold continueously into consideration and seek for the fantacy by creating multiple reflections.

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IDEATION III 'FLUIDIC'

Thinking about if the reflective angles are too sharp for a tender and romantic atmosphere? The tough lines are tranfered into consisitence wavy lines. A water-like fluidic surface can be formed by them to also soften the lights.

SOFTEN

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FROME STREET ENTRY

BARR SMITH LIBRARY ENTRY

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R Reflection, as is defined by Collins dictionary, is a throwing back motion of light, heat or sound sent back by a smooth surface without being absorbed. For example, when people see an object in glass, mirror or water, they actually see the reflection of it. As is defined in social and emotional aspects, reflection can also be used in describing peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attitudes and comments impacted by the revealing of social situation. Emotionally, reflection can be an impression or thoughts of people caused by certain object or event. Philosophically, reflection is humanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sensation and observation of the internal operation of mind. Cited by John Locke, some instances of reflection are about perceiving, thinking, doubting, believing, reasoning, knowing, and willing . As one of the three logical acts of understandings, reflection is the primary one followed by comparison and abstraction. It is the beginning and essential of generating any concept. That is to say, when people encounter with any new knowledge and concept, instantly they will reflect to it in forms of perceiving it, thinking about it, believing or doubting it.

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EFLECTION In terms of the reflections in architecture, most of them are presents by the use of lights and materials. Taking the Casa Brutale as an example, despite of the Internet drama, the project thatAis still at concept level, makes good use of the reflection and refraction of lights though water media. With the concept “be far more impressive than falling water”, the architecture that is inlayed in a mountain cliff is designed to have glass facades, so that the sunlight can go through water in top space and create a rippling refraction, forming a series of special patterns on the internal concrete walls. It provides an illusion and a special experience to people so they can imagine the life under the water.

Through the lower façade, the reflection of lights can also be created when the sun hits the glass wall, so that create a strong contrast to the dark concrete walls. The Casa Brutale is making itself a solid form of water by using glass material, water, as well as reflection and refraction of lights, which makes the project a really worthwhile example when it comes to reflection and refraction..

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FORM

AERIAL VIEW OF LIGHT PAVILION IN SITE 1:500

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FORM PLAN 1:500

FUNCTION PLAN 1:200

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ACCESS & MOVEMENTS

The light pavilion Fluidic Enlightment has two main entries for visitors' conveniences. One is located near the Braggs B ui l di ng, whi ch i s des i gned for v i s i tors goi ng through the campus. And the other one is near to the campus gate and it is designed for people coming from the Frome Rd. Each Entry has disability access that is designed to be 4.5-degree slopes. Elvators are located on each entry for people to explore the underground fantacy.

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Fluidic Enlightment contains three parts respectively distributed above the ground, on the ground level and underground. The acrylic bands 'floating' above the ground are used as media connecting the light and underground area. The transparent acrylic on the ground is a skylight bringing light and forming the light pattern for the underground. The actual pavilion is located 8 -meter deep underground. Most of the functions of the project gather in it.

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The very first layer of the Fluidic Enlightment is a wavy shaped acrylic skylight which brings light and creates fluidic light pattern to the pavilion. The acrylic bands interacting with it similate the shape of waves. It is attached with led light strip which is going to provide soft atmosphere in the nighttime. Two embolic areas are used for exhibition and reading.

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M To form the soft and lithe feelings and achieve the permeability in the whole pavilion space, transperant/slightly tinted acrylic is used as the main material for the floating structure above the ground and the skylight. It has high light transmittance and decent reflecting ability, which makes it a suitable skylight material. People standing on it can also use it as a mirror to reflect themselves.

ACRYLIC BAND 5MM

Acrylic is a nice choice to substitute traditional glass to guarantee highter safety. According to research, acrylic glass can be generated from natural raw materials like sugar, alcohols or fat acids. So the use of acrylic is also sustainable and recyclable.

ANGLE IRON STABLIZIER

The acrylic bands with 5mm thickness is connected with the ground and stablized by angle iron structure. A series of angle irons are attached on both of the bands and the fluidic shaped acrylic board on the ground level.

ACRYLIC BOARD 350MM

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ATERIALITY ACRYLIC BANDS ELEVATION 1:500

CONSTRUCTION DETAIL 1 ACRYLIC CONJUNCTION 1:50

CONSTRUCTION DETAIL 2 ANGLE IRON STRUCTURE 1:10

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INTERIOR VIEW a) People using the reading lounge and enjoying the exhibition in the afternoon.

INTERIOR VIEW b) People entering the pavilion through elevator with abandunt sunlights shining through, defining and enlighting the space.

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Derived from French opacité and Latin opacitas, the word opacity is always used as an antonym to transparency. Opacity is defined as a term describing the quality of lacking transparency or translucence. For instances, the opacity of smoke or paints can describe how opaque and saturated they are and how much transparency decreased by them. Besides, for assessing a statement, the word can also present its quality of being understood and obscure. That is to say, a sentence or a statement can be of high opacity if it is pellucid. In Philosophical field, the use of opacity always cooperates with the assessment of narratives or statements, which is similar to the second linguistic explanation discussed above. The conception of opacity in Peter Lamaque’s book was especially used in assessing a fictional work. In term of analyzing a fiction, how will people understand the content is strongly determined by the ways authors describe it. In converse of opacity, transparency of a certain fictional work is mainly present by the openess of how a statement is described, which is useful in opening up readers’ mind and providing a wider fictional world with people’s own imaginations. The comparison emphasizes the importance of the opacity of statements and narratives. According to the researches above, it is easy to find out that opacity, that has similarity with luminosity and reflection, strongly relates to human’s inner operation of mind. To be specific, the opacity of human’s mental status affects how they develope and accept self-knowledge, thinking patterns and selfcertainty. High opaciy of human’s mind decides on the sensor of affect, the awareness of emotion and self-mindreading, which would help people a lot to recognize their psychological changes and mental condition.

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The Reduction of Opacity.

OPACITY Opacity and transprency are always present and defined by the diffusion of lights and the uses of materials in architecture. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usual to see architects introduce tranparency into buildings by using glass and nonopaque materials, in order to create more lightened atmosphere. However, althought oppsite to transparency, opacity is also a suitable element to emphasize the light difine spaces in architectures by using the comparison between light and shade. Different from transparent materials, the architecture equipped with opaque colors or materials can effectively lighten up the indoor space by reflecting lights. Taking some of the modern architectures in Nordic countries, the architects used white color to create pure canvas as buildingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; facades and inner walls.

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The use of a large scale of opaque whiteness helps to create a higher reflectance and maximam the brightness in cold seasons. Dissimilar with nonopaque colors that would diffuse a large proportion of lights, the opacity present by whiteness in Nordic architectures can obvious introduce more light to the indoor area. The whiteness in medival churches in Denmark can be typical examples of opacity. As they used white plasters as material, light is emphasized enough to be the most important element in the churches. The saturated white color contrasts the dark materials strongly and endows the reflecting lights various patterns, which also provides people a poetic feeling, helps them to meditate well. Besides, the opaque whiteness can compliment with the white outside environment in snowy weather, which creates a nice combination of buildings and nature.

The Filtration of Light Presented from 'Light Box' by Rohan Chavan.

Filtration is always used to describe the process or a technique of passing a liquid or gas through a piece of equipment to remove solid pieces or other substances (Cambridge Dictionary 2017). The word filtration is also widely used to describe biological and anatomic movements in physical, biological and anatomic fields. In biological field, filtration is related to the movements of cell. Filtration is movement of water and solute molecules across the cell membrane due to hydrostatic pressure generated by the cardiovascular system. Depending on the size of the membrane pores, only solutes of a certain size may pass through it. For anatomy, filtration is always connected with diffusion and osmosis to describe pressure and water movement. Once filtration is connected with the development and refinement of personality, knowledge would be taken into consideration. The filtration of knowledge is essential for promoting and building a personality. It helps people make choices to accept or abandon the information that they would receive everyday, making filtration to the information and reserving the part that would be helpful and heuristic.

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LTRATION

In Architecture Field, filtration is one of the most essential techniques that architects use in cooperation with light to diffuse the strength of daylight and create a brightened but softened indoor atmosphere. The theory lies in creating unsmooth surfaces to reduce the reflection of light when it hits the surfaces, and on contrary, be absorbed and diffused. Usually the architects would use different materials to create rough texture for facades and windows to absorb the strength of light.

Taking the projects from Le Corbusier as example, he mastered a wide range of design elements such as orientation, opening and texture to limit the introduction of sunlight and form the shape of it, so that a kinetic indoor view could be created. As the sunlight presents the sense of holiness and divinity in many regions, Le Corbusier used the religious belief as a guideline and introduced tinted glass to filter the sunlight and endowed colors to it to present the power of deity in religious buildings. Also, textured facades that were made by brutal materials were evolved into his design as the basic destruction of strong light and light reflection.

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Le Corbusierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church at Firminy shows his masterful uses of sunlight, orientation, light entrances and tinted glass. Located in the old mining and industrial area of Firminy city, the church has concrete facades that showed the sense of solemn and holiness. A group of small entrances on the ceiling mainly introduced the light to the indoor area. What is interesting is the geometrical shapes of those entrances molded the shapes of light spots. As the orientation of the sun is changing in a day, the locations and sizes of light spots would flow and change with it. Tinted glass was also used in ornamenting the effects of light. The color and density of sunlight creates a strong contrast with the darkness created by solid facades. The sharp lines between the light and darkness also divine the inner space and support the sense of preciseness in the church.

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