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    The document discusses how light affects the perception of architectural spaces and textures. It describes different types of lighting including open halls with light from all sides, spaces closed on all sides with light from the top, and light entering from the sides. It also discusses color characteristics like hue, value, and intensity and how they impact the brightness and darkness of colors.

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    The document discusses how light affects the perception of architectural spaces and textures. It describes different types of lighting including open halls with light from all sides, spaces closed on all sides with light from the top, and light entering from the sides. It also discusses color characteristics like hue, value, and intensity and how they impact the brightness and darkness of colors.

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    - The most powerful element in our perception

    of architecture is light. We perceive architectural


    spaces by way of light, we perceive textures by
    way of light and we are psychologically effected
    by the use of light in spaces.
    a. Open hall:
    The open hall consists of just a roof supported on columns. The light comes in
    to the hall from all sides.

    Market Hall in Chipping Campden


    • The exact opposite of such a space (which is open on all sides
    and closed at the top), is the space that is closed on all sides
    and open at the top.

    Alvar Aalto, Academic Bookshop, Finland


    • The most common way of getting light inside is from the sides.
    The most important examples of this kind of lighting are found
    in Dutch houses.

    Ronchamp Chapel by Le Corbusier


    • Aesthetic appeal of a building, an aspect particularly
    important in the illumination of retail environments.
    • Ergonomic aspect, the measure of how much of a function the
    lighting plays.
    • Energy efficiency issue to ensure that light is not wasted by
    over-illumination, either by illuminating vacant spaces
    unnecessarily or by providing more light than needed for the
    aesthetics or the task.
    - Types of texture
    - Materials and texture
    • Optical texture refers to its visual
    pattern at the large scale.
    • Tactile texture refers to what can be
    physically felt with the human hand.
    • There are three tendencies in architecture
    in terms of the use of tactile texture: the
    use of rough textures, the use of smooth
    textures and the use of both of these
    textures to create contrast.
    Color
    is considered the most
    important element of
    design.

    Each color has three


    characteristics: hue,
    value, and intensity.
    Hue is the name of a color.

    Red, green and blue-violet are examples of hues.

    A color may be lightened or darkened,


    brightened or dulled, but the hue will remain
    the same.
    Value is the lightness or darkness of a hue.

    The value of a hue can be made lighter by adding white. This


    produces a tint.
    Pink is a tint of red, made by adding white to red.

    A hue can be made darker by adding black. This produces a


    shade.
    Maroon is a shade of red.
    Intensity is the brightness or dullness of a hue.

    Adding some of its compliment can lower the intensity of a hue.


    The compliment of a hue is the color directly opposite it on a
    standard color wheel.

    Examples of high intensity colors include hot pink and fire-


    engine red. Low intensity colors include rust and smoky blue.

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