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Meaning of Light Ioana Fartadi-Scurtu | MSc. in Lighting Design at Aalborg University, January 2017Course teacher: Associate Professor Ellen Kathrine Hansen
*Some materials were made in collaboration with Alice Balboni, Carla Sigillo, Clarissa Concilio
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"By subtle use of light, and without altering so much as a word of the dramatist's text, it is possible sometimes to change completely the impression a whole scene conveys."
- Louis Hartmann (about theatre lighting)
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Light as poetry…
It tells a story without the need of words. It is a subjective expression tool.
It gives a sense of space and time.
focal glow
ambient luminescence
play of brilliants visual beauty
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Light as poetry…
It is multi-dimensional in the way humans perceive it.
Light is many things…
a metaphor for knowledge
a fundamental component of one’s work
a tool to manipulate emotions
- Howard M. Brandston (Learning to See: A matter of Light)
But what is light for the architecture enthusiast?
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Light is a tool to give architecture a new purpose…
It influences the way we perceive and experienceour inanimate surroundings.
It affects the way we see a 3D moving object in space.
It influences the subconscious. The picture on the right is more likely to trigger a positive mood in the viewer.
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Light is a tool to give architecture a new purpose…
Current orientation: 219° SW
Daylight characteristics: - available only after 12:00PM- low direct daylight through the vertical window in the late afternoons
Proposed orientation: 90° NE
Daylight characteristics: - 180° spectrum of daylight- more diffuse daylight in the winter due to low sun
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Light is a tool to give architecture a new purpose…
Benefits of a light self:
- Redirecting the light beams to illuminate around the area of interest (client’s head)- Improved light distribution, softer and more diffuse light- Less glare
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