Sketch Series 1: February 8 @ 11:00

Sketch Series 1: January 30 @ 2:00

Sketch Series 1

The space i photographed was the lobby of the Gatewood building looking down from the second floor. This space is fairly stark with plain white walls, glossy finished concrete flooring and coffered concrete ceiling. This space acts as a gallary space for student work in the department of art and interior architecture. This space acts not only as an egress space but also a space for gatherings, presentations, group meetings etc.

Because the entrance faces west, this space recieved the most direct sunlight during the later afternoon and evening hours, than it did in the morning. I haven't noticed a big change as the seasons have progressed from the day to day light activity in the space. The only difference is that because of daylight savings time which occurred a couple weeks ago, the sun arrives and stays in the space later than before. The shadows later in the day are longer for the sun is setting and lower to the ground. When the sun is higher in the sky the shadows are short and crisp.

Day-Light Model Images

Day-Light Model

For this project we built a model of a space that was 20' wide by 35' long and ceilings up to 15' high. There had to be a separation between two areas. Space A was to have an outside entrance and was for gathering of larger groups of people. Space B was for quiet contemplation and spiritual stimulation, a sort of escape. My group chose have our building face west, where the main entrance would be. The ceiling slopes so that it is 15' in the community space and goes down to 8' in the meditation area. we chose to use clearestory windows that followed this slope to allow more light to enter in the community space and less in the quiet area. Also we used a level change from one area to the other to define a separation of the two space. In the quiet space we placed a window that wraps around one corner of the building, acting as a "zen" view or as a sort of alarm clock from the rising sun in the east. As the day continues the sun will be brighter in the community area as the sun sets towards the west. We felt that this light encouraged the activity taking place in this space. We also mirrored the "zen" window on the opposite corner of the building, but made it smaller and placed it along the bottom of the wall. This allows extra light to enter and wash the space without being directly in ones eye. The wall that divides the two spaces is made of a translucent material allowing light and shadow to pass through without being able to see a clear image. Also the strips of material crossing over this wall create a point of interest and again enforce the activity in the community space while creating interesting shadows in the meditation area.

Light Box

From my understanding of light, so far in this course, i had to design a 12x12x12" volume illustrating lighting quality. In my box i experimented with materiality. I chose to use metal due to its reflective qualities and the mesh i chose created interesting shadows in the space. The light i used created and ambient light that filled the whole box but was focused on one corner creating a focal glow. Also the way the material reflected the light along with the shadows created, showed a bit of sparkle. I experimented with colors as well to see what different shadows could be seen with different colors as well as the different emotion that was evoked by the viewer.

Inspirational Images of Light