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• LIGHT BEHAVIOR CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: HOW
LIGHT INTERACTS WITH MATTER AND HOW LIGHT TRAVELS, OR
PROPAGATES THROUGH SPACE OR THROUGH TRANSPARENT
MATERIALS. THE PROPAGATION OF LIGHT HAS MUCH IN
COMMON WITH THE PROPAGATION OF OTHER KINDS OF WAVES,
INCLUDING SOUND WAVES AND WATER WAVES.
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LIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE
 WHAT IS LIGHT?

•Light is the soul of architecture design.

•Light allows us to see, to know where we
are and what around us.
•Beyond exposing things to view and feel,
light models those objects to enhance visual
and to help us define the physical world. Natural light through brick jaalis

•Nothing would be visible without light,

light also makes it possible to express and
show to the mind's eye things that eludes
the physical one.
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NATURAL LIGHT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

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ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
 RESEARCH HAS RESULTED IN SOME APPROACHES TO LIGHTING A SPACE THAT
TEND TO REINFORCE SOME SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSIONS.
• VISUAL CLARITY: REINFORCED BY BRIGHT, UNIFORM LIGHTING COMBINED WITH HIGH
BRIGHTNESS OF THE WALLS

• SPACIOUSNESS: REINFORCED BY UNIFORM WALL LIGHTING

• RELAXATION: REINFORCED BY NON-UNIFORM LIGHTING AND LOWER CEILING BRIGHTNESS

• PRIVACY/INTIMACY: REINFORCED BY NON-UNIFORM LIGHTING (LOW LEVELS AROUND THE

OCCUPANTS, HIGHER LEVELS FURTHER AWAY)

• PLEASANTNESS/PREFERENCE: REINFORCED BY NON-UNIFORM LIGHTING WITH HIGH WALL

BRIGHTNESS
Space showing a visual clearity with
bright colour walls with uniform bright
lighting on exterior walls.
Space showing spaciousness and a
heavy volume with uniform white
lighting on walls.
Space showing privacy non-uniform
lighting (low levels around the occupants,
higher levels further away)
Space showing relaxation with by
non-uniform lighting and lower ceiling
brightness.
Space showing Pleasantness/preference
with non-uniform lighting with high wall
brightness .