See 'light wash wall' and 'polishing' the beauty of sparkles collision

With the view of architectural space vision changes, modern architecture also at a certain stage began to use the light with the article. Richard kelly together with Philip Johnson created the 'light wash wall ( 光洗) 'This concept, a group with multiple light sources of hidden floodlight, metope evenly illuminated.

and 'light', as a new lighting design gimmick. Clean and light wash wall the biggest difference is that the polishing more emphasis on the smooth texture of material itself. And 'brush' approach, is looking to source or narrow skylight arrangement where near by smooth as far as possible, with minimal Angle brush light up, and use of concave and convex texture plane itself to create the unique light and shadow.

so, which represents the project using the 'light wash wall' or 'light' design gimmick?

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west gramm building Richard kelly and Philip Johnson's cooperation reached peak in west gramm building design. In the process of design, kelly has proposed a now we be regarded as the concept of lighting design in the landmark architecture lighting tower ( 塔的光) 。

maybe today, so brightly lit skyscrapers have become common in the evening, but their design gimmick largely from Richard kelly and Philip Johnson gramm west tower.

in the west gramm building, kelly and Johnson to use 'light wash wall ( 光洗) 'Concept, with multiple hidden light source combined with coarse porous limestone material, very clean, refined effect is realized.

in Melbourne, Australia, 171 Collins street dazzling light from the bottom of the stone walls, and seems to glow, the entire stone wall is easy to let a person produce an illusion.

travertine ( A stone) Be properly illuminate in different ways, the method including common wash wall lamp, lighting, and shoot the light. Can say, lighting design, supporting the whole building, will be the sign of the building - - Metope stone, highlights to get incisively and vividly.

London's British museum in this project, the concept of light wash the wall the homogenizing the thought of combining internationalism, perfectly application. The uniform illumination, make the wall more lightsome, let a space of more clearly defined.

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Sancaklar Istanbul mosque in Sancaklar mosque, the architect will this hidden light technique brings further the mysterious atmosphere of the play to their natural daylight and light up, as a result, whether in the daytime or at night, people can see the plane grazed the mottled concrete wall by the light.

use of light and shadow relationship, physical properties to express a kind of spiritual and aesthetic, and for people here to worship created a clean peaceful holy land.

New York New York Blue Fin restaurant Blue Fin polishing the wall of the restaurant, mainly depends on highly texture surface, such as uneven brick wall, or present a stereo style of metope, produce the fierce collision between light and shadow.

it is interesting to note that the glowing lamps and lanterns is very appropriate to hide living condole top, not 'jump' come out to the streetscape. This example not only explains the polishing technique, also explains what is a 'dramatic' in architecture.

whether light wash wall or polishing, both methods can create a bright, two dimensional metope, make architectural space by its bright border outline clearly evident.

maybe, in the future, the construction of the light and the wall is no longer a static entity, but a change, or contains a large amount of information, even with the person's action to change the style of 'space beings'. This will completely change people to the understanding of the architectural space.

editor: Bober

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