Daylight as temporal element
Shedding light on the clock
One characteristic of light is its temporality — it could change how humans perceive space by only changing the light in terms of colour, intensity and distribution.
This package presents details of daylighting designs by some of the world's most accomplished architects, in their own words.
Curated by Thomas Vonier (Arch FAIA UIA)
Thomas Vonier is an architect experienced in more than 80 countries worldwide, working on a wide range of industrial, hospitality, education, and institutional projects.
Learning materials provided in this package
A short library of articles gathered for this package — read them in any order.
Talk: Circling a star
Hester Hellinga / Truus Hordijk
In Daylight Talk #23, Celebrating Daylight, Darron Haylock, Foster+Partners, centres on the symbiotic relationship between architecture and natural light, which has been integral to Foster + Partners’ design philosophy since its founding in 1967.
Editorial: Light as Absence and Presence – the work of Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects
Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss
In the Daylight Talk – Sense of Site, Perception of Light, architects Trine Hedeager Harboe and Malene Hjortsø Kyndesen from Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects explore the connections between place and light in four of the firm’s most prominent contemporary projects: The Natural History Museum of Denmark, The New Viking Ship Museum, Kannikegården in Ribe, and Novo Nordisk’s new headquarters in Tuborg Harbour, Copenhagen.
Editorial: A Very Special Connection to Light: The Architecture of Rick Joy
Austin Sailsbury
Rick Joy is an award-winning American architect who has lectured, taught, and served as a jury member at a number of prestigious universities and schools of architecture around the world, including Harvard, Yale, and the École d’Architecture in Paris.
