The thesis explores the relationship of light, architecture, and humans focusing on both the mathematics of solar movement that informs the architecture and the experiential and spiritual response of human perception to it. The exploration uses the celestial realm as the inspiration and canvas that the design process was built on.
The light tunnels, the design concept explored in detail, investigate the consequences of architectural form and space in combination with volumetric, reflected, dispersed, or absorbed light. The design process transforms an instrument derived from the sun dial to a living piece of architecture that responds to human perception to variably objectify and reveal spiritual conditions of the celestial sky. / Master of Architecture / The thesis explores the relationship of light, architecture and humans focusing on both the movement of the sun and the perceptive response to it.
The Pilgrimage of the 'temples of inexplicable' is a complex with several pavilions that engage with light and dark to create a space that allows the coexistence of spirituality and science in harmony.
The thesis looks into one pavilion in detail – The light tunnels that investigate the movement of the light source, its nature as an object or revelation, and the human perception. The design process transforms an instrument to a living piece of architecture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/113665 |
| Date | 03 February 2023 |
| Creators | Mali, Poorva |
| Contributors | Architecture, Bryon, Hilary, Gibbons, Ronald B., Jones, James R. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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