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Light has many faces, and many forms. As an architect, you can “paint” with light, “sculpt” with light and guide your occupant to “touch” it.
The following slideshow takes a look at how light can “set off” built form, and how built form can “set off” light. When the two fuse poetically, they can showcase your materials, an experiential path or even “warm” an otherwise “cold” space.
So, the real question becomes…
WHY Do You Inject Light into Your Building Designs?
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- To bring “lift” to your building form.
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- To capture a breathtaking vista.
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- To mark the time of day.
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- To cast texture and rhythm.
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- To shelter through purity of form.
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- To touch the heavens.
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- To build an “invisible” connection.
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- To filter a kaleidoscope of colors.
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- To bring celebration to the world.
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Image: Katch | Flickr
Texture has long been used by architects to breathe life into buildings as well as to create a unique experience for occupant’s senses. Expressing the true quality of materials, shaping an interior space or simply to articulate a pattern; texture is a fundamental tool existing to some extent in most all buildings – both good and bad.
The question becomes — how do you use it in your architectural design?
AN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE SENSES
Texture can be used intentionally to elicit occupant experiences. Most simply, texture can “mark” certain areas within a building by differentiating Read more
