Control of Light
Light
From personal experience I would say light within architecture is what makes you feel uplifted as you walk into a room or a space. Light can be controlled and manipulated within certain spaces by adding light or having an absence of light. Light can completely change the dynamics of a room or space and can also have a very strong effect on the mood. Light within architecture can either be natural or synthetic, both creating a special experience within a room. In my research I will be focusing on natural light and light interventions.
Light can be brought into a room or a building by a number of different ways, most commonly by a window or perhaps panes of glass to give a larger supply of natural light. In my research instead of using windows I shall use light interventions to show my understanding for the light that would come through a window and into a room.
Tadao Ando
‘Light is the origin of all being. Light gives, with each moment, new form to being and new interrelationships to things and architecture condense light to its most concise being. The creation of space in architecture is simply the condensation and purification of the power of light’
Tadao Ando, a self educated architect from Japan is influenced greatly by both modern and traditional architecture. Many of his ideas have come from his travels to a variety of countries through his life. His work itself is based on three fundamental characteristics; Geometry, nature and substance. In my research I will be focusing on the latter of the two and their links with light in a number of his pieces of work.
The Church of Light
My first interpretation of this piece of architecture was how the light coming through the cross draws people attention all to one point of the church, perhaps creating equality and also showing religious references. The whole space of the church is defined by the light that comes through the cross on the building. The contrast
From personal experience I would say light within architecture is what makes you feel uplifted as you walk into a room or a space. Light can be controlled and manipulated within certain spaces by adding light or having an absence of light. Light can completely change the dynamics of a room or space and can also have a very strong effect on the mood. Light within architecture can either be natural or synthetic, both creating a special experience within a room. In my research I will be focusing on natural light and light interventions.
Light can be brought into a room or a building by a number of different ways, most commonly by a window or perhaps panes of glass to give a larger supply of natural light. In my research instead of using windows I shall use light interventions to show my understanding for the light that would come through a window and into a room.
Tadao Ando
‘Light is the origin of all being. Light gives, with each moment, new form to being and new interrelationships to things and architecture condense light to its most concise being. The creation of space in architecture is simply the condensation and purification of the power of light’
Tadao Ando, a self educated architect from Japan is influenced greatly by both modern and traditional architecture. Many of his ideas have come from his travels to a variety of countries through his life. His work itself is based on three fundamental characteristics; Geometry, nature and substance. In my research I will be focusing on the latter of the two and their links with light in a number of his pieces of work.
The Church of Light
My first interpretation of this piece of architecture was how the light coming through the cross draws people attention all to one point of the church, perhaps creating equality and also showing religious references. The whole space of the church is defined by the light that comes through the cross on the building. The contrast