A beautiful example of this is Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel completed in the year 1248 in Paris.
It is amazing to step inside the chapel surrounded by multi-story stained-glass windows.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Design Inspiration: Building with Light and Color
A beautiful example of this is Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel completed in the year 1248 in Paris.
It is amazing to step inside the chapel surrounded by multi-story stained-glass windows.
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I am always pleasantly surprised how great of an effect or tool lighting can be. Being in cathedrals and utilizing natural light and stained glass or being in an art museum as its own exhibition, just natural light can transform so many spaces. Light alone without color can be very effective but I appreciate this short article's focus on natural light being used with color. Almost acting as a theatrical gel for a lighting instrument, artist Olafur Eliasson and his design consist of glass tinted with different colors to create colored light in the architecture. I am curious to what his inspiration was or what is the point of his art other than having a room full of a specific color. Looking at the photos, being in the circular building seems to almost be disorientating if you are immersed in that much color. I wonder what the installation Is like in person and am curious if it had the intended purpose Olafur Eliasson wanted.
Pablo Anton
I absolutely love the way stained glass is being used in architectural situations both modern and classical. Seeing how stained glass windows transform large, old, cathedrals in the middle of the day with full sunlight is magnificent. There is an aura in the space that is not just from the physical light, but the mood that the warmth and color has on the entire space. It completely changes the feel of the room rather than having just regular glass windows. I loved how this article shows the rainbow panorama in Denmark because that is a really innovative way of using colored glass. Guests are able to walk through this panoramic space and experience the cityline in a variety of colors, seeing how it changes with the way the glass filters light. I really love this one and hope to see it someday. The creativity with stained glass is so amazing and I really love walking into a building and experiencing the way it changes the space.
I love the idea of building with light, and colored glass is such a great way to start forming spaces through the colors and forms of light moving through them. Because of my aesthetics as a costume designer, I am always trying to find ways to build lighting features into costume design, and its always been a struggle because of the wiring and programming required to execute the lighting within the structure of clothing. However, I am still hopeful because of work like the things showcased in this article. Light and color has such an impact on our moods, and I think that if everyone had a little bit more rainbow in their lives every day they would be a bit happier. I'm currently looking into buying window decals for my room next year that refract light coming in into colors and crystalline patterns which I am getting really excited about. Light is just such a mystifying part of art and our natural world because of our inability to grasp it, and though I don't ever see myself being a lighting designer I think I will always be fascinated by the mechanics of light.
I have recently really come in contact with how much lighting changes a space, because the lighting in my house is truly awful. Lots of teenagers and you tubers are using led tape around their rooms to give it light, which is kinda a DIY version of what this article touches on. I think it is irrefutable that lighting changes a space completely. These new looks in buildings contribute so much to the mood that the building gives off. Color directly correlates to how people feel. I can think of times that Ive checked into a hotel, and they had one of those fountains that are lit from the bottom with succulents or something. And those entrances just are so fancy and hit so different, I really like them. I think that that is an example of lighting affecting how a building feels for me. I often gravitate towards more physical things when creating, and I commend those who can truly dissect and understand how lighting can be used to alter perspectives.
I have always been completely awed by how light and color change a space. Especially in classical architecture, it is mind blowing how light was incorporated into a space. Given that candlelight and sunlight were the only light sources available to architects of ages past, incorporation of light - not only to improve vision in an otherwise fairly dark space but also to convey various emotions - was almost an art form in and of itself. I think that, in a world that is very much based in the physical tangibility of things, light is a very mystifying thing that contributes so heavily to an experience (even if that experience is just waking up in the morning) but that not everyone necessarily thinks about.
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