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statement 4shaker 6sublime 8ando 10barragan 12boullee 14kahn 16libeskind 18site 20
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I want to study how natural light can be used to define spaceand how this definition changes throughout the day and throughout the year. I will study this in the context of a chapel located on Mill Mountain in Roanoke. In this chapel the light will offer an emotive, spiri-tual experience for the visitor.
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light is used in shaker ar-chitecture as an optical focus that represents where God dwells on earth.
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s u b l i m e
nineteenth century land-scape painting movement that uses light and shadow in conjunction with dramat-ic landscapes to represent the wrath or favor of God.
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t a d a oa n d o
ando’s use of transformative light adds complexity to his geomet-rically highly regulated spaces.
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l u i sb a r r a g a n
barragan’s juxtaposition of flat planes and light em-phasizes the shifting nature of light throughout the day and its relationship to color.
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e t i e n n e - l o u i sb o u l l é e
boullée had a strong emphasis on light and shadow, specifically shown through the drawings of his unbuilt works.
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l o u i sk a h n
kahn believed that the making of spaces is also the making of light. he uses architecture to see light in that his archi-tecture creates its own light.
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d a n i e ll i b e s k i n d
libeskind illustrates the nature of light in regard to its spiritual and emotive power. he recog-nizes that light is about allow-ing the darkness to be present
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