Daylight in architecture !
It may be considered a modern phenomenon and it certainly has become more popular and efficient throughout the years, but Daylight was and continuous to be one of the most important elements in architecture, helping to transform spaces and improving them !
Even though it is difficult to work with the daylight architects never stopped looking for and developing new ways of building with approach to it because planning with daylight can be seen as making intelligent use of a factor that cannot be eliminated ! They tried to design buildings in order that the daylight can play off their different surfaces, carefully considering how it enters and illuminates, how to create uniform distribution and fully integrate it with the architectural expression of the building, inside and out. On different spaces and buildings the daylight has a different role, therefore it should be seen whether it is appropriate or not. In a more public space the direct daylight can be really pleasant and add sparkle to the entire structure, but this can not be the same on a sleeping room or an electronic laboratory for example. Appropriate daylight can provide conditions for good vision, enough shadings for visual comfort and cooling or even less stress while working. All the opposite, when not the appropriate daylight is used in a building it may cause severe discomfort, visual and thermal as well, less plastic and textural effect, veiling reflections or high contrast ratios. So, there are wide ways on working with daylight and as a results different types of building. But to avoid becoming lost in the multitude of possibilities three main types have been confined : the bright open hall, the room with a skylight and the room the light entering from the side. Each of these categories has its own features and important examples. We may mention the market hall in Cadillac, Connecticat, Pantheon, City Hall in Gothernburg, Dutch Houses, Church in Ronchamps by Le Corbusier and many more. And at the end all these unique creations take us to one undeniable point : the Daylight is essential on every building. It's quality is important, much more than is generally recognized, much more than its quantity. Every well designed building should definitely have a well use of Daylight !
It may be considered a modern phenomenon and it certainly has become more popular and efficient throughout the years, but Daylight was and continuous to be one of the most important elements in architecture, helping to transform spaces and improving them !
Even though it is difficult to work with the daylight architects never stopped looking for and developing new ways of building with approach to it because planning with daylight can be seen as making intelligent use of a factor that cannot be eliminated ! They tried to design buildings in order that the daylight can play off their different surfaces, carefully considering how it enters and illuminates, how to create uniform distribution and fully integrate it with the architectural expression of the building, inside and out. On different spaces and buildings the daylight has a different role, therefore it should be seen whether it is appropriate or not. In a more public space the direct daylight can be really pleasant and add sparkle to the entire structure, but this can not be the same on a sleeping room or an electronic laboratory for example. Appropriate daylight can provide conditions for good vision, enough shadings for visual comfort and cooling or even less stress while working. All the opposite, when not the appropriate daylight is used in a building it may cause severe discomfort, visual and thermal as well, less plastic and textural effect, veiling reflections or high contrast ratios. So, there are wide ways on working with daylight and as a results different types of building. But to avoid becoming lost in the multitude of possibilities three main types have been confined : the bright open hall, the room with a skylight and the room the light entering from the side. Each of these categories has its own features and important examples. We may mention the market hall in Cadillac, Connecticat, Pantheon, City Hall in Gothernburg, Dutch Houses, Church in Ronchamps by Le Corbusier and many more. And at the end all these unique creations take us to one undeniable point : the Daylight is essential on every building. It's quality is important, much more than is generally recognized, much more than its quantity. Every well designed building should definitely have a well use of Daylight !
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