Space will be influenced by light

Light plays a key role in the design of a visual environment,it has some influenced in architecture.
In the first place,light defines spaces and boundaries.

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In the same space,light as the tool to boundaries space.For example in  above pictures, the extra lights help people recognize each zones.

In the second place,light accentuates and connects space.

The pantheon in Roman

The church of light 

         

Stone museum in Korea

In the third place,light is a visual task,providing enough light to recognize a
black space  or to be able to walk safely through a corridor.

Skylight staircase to gallery

                        Kunsthaus Bregenz,Austria

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Lastly, light creates atmosphere.Different types of light can give people different feeling.Natural light projection and reflecting  in the space,not only the spatial variation of visual expression, but also create the emotion of space (Plummer,2009).Such as mysterious,

Chapel of St lgnatius

Ronchamp Chapel

holy,

Light of church

Silence

St Benedictusberg Abbey

Row house in sumiyoshi

Stone museum in Korea

References:

GINTHNER,D.,Lighting: Its Effect on People and Spaces [online].University of Minnesota.Available at:http://www.informedesign.org/_news/feb_v02-p.pdf [Accessed 13 December2013].

PLUMMER,H,.2009.The architecture of natural light.London:Thames and Hudson Ltd.

The shape of light

Different shape of light creates different atmosphere , people will experience different feeling from the architecture .I select some typical shape of light to explain .

Point light 


Point light gives people the expression of freedom and vivid.

lSan Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum

The material of transparent is added to the wall, forming the light points,in this way ,the elevation looks not massive.

                                      Line light

Männistö church ,Finland

 Vertical lines guide the visual of people,and make the building high than others(Camrri,1998).


                                      Oblique light 

Jewish museum， Berlin

 Oblique light gives  more flexible direction than vertical line .Line-up light gives a positive beauty,and  line- down light gives the sense of down  .

                                    Light gap 

Church of light ,Japan

Planar light 

Pantheon,Roman

References:

CAMRRI,A.,and COGLIO,A.,1998.An architecture for emotional agents.USA:IEEE computer society.

PLUMMER,H,.2009.The architecture of natural light.London:Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Analysis light-----Row house in sumiyoshi (residential)

Row house in sumiyoshi  Sumiyoshi-ku,Osaka, Japan. 

From the picture,we can see that there are no openings around the row house  which means no large windows), but  the patio link the interior space and exterior space .light into the room by the wall of patio , making the dark space became bright(Jodidio,2013). 

The patio in row house

Light through completely open of the patio into interior space, so row house has light, wind, water, air, this  space like a small universe.Patio is a transitional space, it is also the center of the entire building. 

Row house has  small windows on the wall, not only ventilation and cooling,but also let the lighting into the room.

Reference:
JODIDIO,P,.2013.  Tadao Ando: Houses.US:Rizzoli.
VERGES,M,.2007.Light in architecture. UE: Tectum Publishers .

Study of Azuma House (Row House in Sumiyoshi)

Light and shadow St.Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo ---Religious buildings

Some architectures do not belong to any period and not lose the meaning with the time.I think St.Mary's Cathedral must be the one of them. Although the materials and technologies of building  to make people know that it was a building in 20th-century. People absolutely can not recognize whether the building is new construction or 50 years ago.

Kenzo Tange conceived the concrete structure, his idea  is simple,but the structure very complex . When people see this building can be think of a bird's wings .

Building structure consisting of eight walls, these walls also act as the role of the roof, the interior space around the church, the only opening space is a large vertical gap. The walls stretch toward the sky , and square ground floor and roof crossed. The wing has different  height ,become a kind of asymmetry in the whole building .

 Stone material and metal wings become a contrast. The side entrance  of ceiling is very low, link to the main hall. Lighting effects on the walls curve is changing in different time, creating a special atmosphere of the room,I think this is a bright design idea in this building.the light of direct and diffuse generated on curved surfaces, people can clear see curve design concrete. Fissures opening and roof have four windows,in this way,the plenty of light shines into the church.

Fragment,light , link and space

concept diagram

Today,I find some great design and post on my blog as my design source.May be in the next time,they will give me some great ideas.

  The exterior shape of this building  looks like a simple cube. However, the interior consists of two layers .

 When I saw this project in the begging,I totally shocked,I ask myself,is it really? Yes,this resident in Japan and has 4 rooms.When I first saw this project,I think many fragment in this building.The angular windows through the walls, ceilings and the roof.I think those fragment as the "link" in this building.

In different direction, people can see different space through those angular windows.

The walls and ceilings are interrupted by angular windows in the walls and ceilings.

The designer said:"Although I spaced the cubes out, the interrelatedness of their angles of inclination connect them, creating a sense of continuity." I think this is a magic sense of continuity.

From the same window,people can see different space in the same time.

The top light on the ceiling  filled up light  in the room during the daytime.And the light come from different direction and mix in the interior. In this way,the light  bringing out more layers of complexity to the already diverse interior condition.

Frame house

This is a traditional British house ,but when people enter to inertial space which give us other feeling .  May be designer wants give us mix feeling when we see this building in different way.For example  British style  outside, Japanese style inside.

Designer use wood as main material to decorate this building.Wood give us a feeling of close nature.If ask me which worlds describe wood,I think simple and pure must in my mind.

Designer has added l  wood frame partitions and window , in order to   bring more light into this house.

Just a bookcase in the wall which give us a feeling of pure.When people walk in this space,they will feeling quiet.

The designer said that a large roof light over the stairs allowed light to flood down to the ground floor.I think its a smart way to get more light into the building and no need break the whole building.