UID:
kobvindex_INT0004869
Format:
39 pages :
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illustrations ;
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30 x 21 cm.
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE:
"The Danish architect and lighting designer Prof. Merete Madsen, Ph.D., depicts how daylight as an omnipresent element is often taken for granted and therefore not sufficiently explored in terms of its space-defining attributes in architecture. She specifies daylighting as a composition of different ‘light zones’ and ‘shadow zones’ and further distinguishes natural light zones into ‘reflected sunlight- zones’ and ‘daylight-zones’ (Madsen 2004, 53). The latter can be determined with architectural openings, cavities, or any kinds of structures that enable the permeability of direct daylight incidence (see figure 1). On the contrary, adjacent shadow zones occur due to the interference of daylight by physical structures that frame these openings. As a consequence, they ‘can be regarded as a space within a space’ (Wänström Lindh 2012, 61).
Expanding on Madsen's thoughts, this bachelor thesis examines how and to what extent daylightzones can act as spatial creators. It is analyzed how individuals connect with daylight-zones by perceiving them, and thereby build a subjective understanding of architectural space. At that, the recipient's conception of space is formed independently from physical borders. Therefore, the thesis investigates spatial conceptions that do not build upon haptic boundaries but rather on the interconnection of a physical space with both observer and its natural light environment. In doing so, it proposes a shift of priorities in the consideration of architectural space: from separative to connecting, from objective to subjective, from immobile to ever-changing.
[…] this thesis acts as an invitation to question one‘s understanding of spatiality in architecture and strengthen an acknowledgment for the interplay of nature, architecture, and one‘s mind when experiencing space. The goal is to raise awareness for relations and interactions initiated by daylight, which lead to an engaging conception of space. At that, the research is meant to contribute to the scientific knowledge about the space-defining characteristics of daylight and thus, expand the methods available to implement daylight-zones in the architectural field.
Moreover, the collected findings will serve as a design tool to work more consciously with existing as well as newly implemented light zones. Therefore, the thesis does not only foreground the importance of light incidence in architecture but also strives to raise awareness to a subjective perception of daylight-zones.
The investigation first examines how architectural space can be visually perceived. Second, it focuses on how the process of visual perception implies different spatial connections and interactions and, third, it explains how they can be created by daylight-zones. These interrelations will be defined and analyzed in order to draw conclusions on how daylight-zones influence one‘s conception of space."
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DISSERTATION NOTE: submitted as bachelor thesis in Interior Design, Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, 2020.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE:
1. Introduction 2
1.1 Topic, Context and Aim 2
1.2 Methodology 3
1.3 Delimitations 4
2. Visual Perception of Daylight-Zones 6
3. Spatial Interrelation through Daylight-Zones 10
3.1 Exposure 12
3.2 Enclosure 18
3.3 Exchange 22
4. Conclusion 26
5. Design Exploration 28
5.1 Underground Station Moritzplatz 28
5.2 Conclusion 33
6. Bibliography 34
6.1 References 34
6.2 List of Figures 36
6.3 Quotes 38
Language:
English
Keywords:
Academic theses
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Academic theses
