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

"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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