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Role of Light

This document discusses light and shadow techniques in architectural space design. It introduces how light and shadow play a crucial role in how we experience space. Combining light and shadow can have an aesthetic effect and create different moods. Shadows provide shade but can also create patterns and add dimension. Architects can control where light falls and compose shadow patterns. The document aims to study the relationship between light and shadows in design and better apply these techniques to buildings. It will examine theoretical analyses and case studies of how prominent architects have shaped architecture with light and shadow techniques.

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Role of Light

This document discusses light and shadow techniques in architectural space design. It introduces how light and shadow play a crucial role in how we experience space. Combining light and shadow can have an aesthetic effect and create different moods. Shadows provide shade but can also create patterns and add dimension. Architects can control where light falls and compose shadow patterns. The document aims to study the relationship between light and shadows in design and better apply these techniques to buildings. It will examine theoretical analyses and case studies of how prominent architects have shaped architecture with light and shadow techniques.

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LIGHT AND SHADOW TECHNIQUES IN SPACE DESIGNING

INTRODUCTION

Architectural elements portray magic between light and shadow. Light is the most common and also the most
wonderful element in nature. It plays a crucial role in our daily life as it is the only factor which enables us to see. It
helps us to visualize the environment, architecture, humans and objects. It is the basic yet chief necessity of our life.
It is one of the most important medium by which people can percept and experience an architectural space. Light
make building space becomes vivid and full of vitality, it must be considered during space visual design.

“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow” – Ursula k. Le Guin

We are aware of the fact that with light come the shadows. Combination of light and shadow has an outstanding
aesthetic effect on any building. Shadows are not only used to provide shades and protection from sunlight but they
could also be used for creating different patterns and adding different dimension to the spaces. The quality of light
and shadows affects the ambience of the place. Play of light and shadow creates a different aura and mood of the
space. Shadow creates a powerful impact on a building and its surroundings. The intensity of shadow in dark is only
known when a piece of light falls upon it. Creating openings at intervals to enter direct sunlight breaks the monotony
of the area and gives us the sense of mass and void. Similarly, the placement of similar objects in large span of direct
daylight, blocks it to create pattern. For example- Colonnades used in Greek and roman architecture. Various
elements of buildings help to cast shadow like louvers, pergolas, screen, shading devices etc. If an architect has a
better understanding of the interdependencies and relationship of light and shadow, he/she will be able to control the
amount and area upon the light is falling and also is able to compose shadows patterns. Hence, it became important
to understand and study the importance of light and shadow.
AIM

To study the relationship of lights and shadows in designing architectural space

and its better application into building.

OBJECTIVES

 To understand the interdependencies, use and application of light and shadows.

 To study, in brief, the philosophy related to power of light and shadow in space.

 To study techniques of projecting day lighting and casting shadows.

 To research how a shadow can be a form giver for a silent space.

SCOPE

 The study analyses the role of different forms of shadows formed by natural light in design.

 Understand and analyze how architecture was shaped by light and shadow.

 The study of the philosophy of prominent architects in relevance with light and shadow techniques.

 to understand how structure and surface can be manipulated to regain the properties of light and shadows.

 to understand how the different relationships between structure and surface be utilize to experiment with
light and shadow to play around with an architecture that may be define by passage of time and space.

LIMITATIONS

 The area of research will be precedent research on louis kahn and architects that have an interests in light
and shadow such as tadao ando.
 The different relationships between surface and structure, their properties will be defined and analyzed by
photographs only.
METHODOLOGY

 Examining theoretical analysis of structure and surface.


 To search out facts and knowledge on light and shadows.
 Survey of books, library works, and researches which have been previously done.
 To collect the information from published works in form of photographs, abstracts, sketches and
theories.

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