Light and Architecture
With all 5 physical senses, they
allow human to see, to hear, to scent, to taste and to touch. How can we see?
The answer is not only just having eyes but also, it requires “light”. So, we
hardly argue that light is very important for surviving. Later on, the meaning
of surviving wasn’t only capability to see foods or to avoid enemies but
consume the meaning of human’s aesthetical creations, such as arts, literature
and so on. From the very first purpose of light in ancient architecture, it
allowed us to see properly. As mentioned, there is something more than a
physical explanation. Since human try to answer where dose light come from, and
yes, it comes from the sun. The appreciation of light turned into worshiping it
and shows how grateful we are towards the sun; there was/were god and goddess.
This might be the beginning of lighting in architecture beside only just to see
things. An obvious example in the history is shown in the worshiping places,
religious places or to be more specific, the Christian church. They say the
light is lit by god from heaven and when you die, walk into the light and you
will find god(s). As a consequence, light is matter to the Christian as much as
the symbolic of heaven. That makes most of the Christian architectures contain lighting
design from extremely tall drums of the domes, rose windows, which offer the
colors of light, or even from the early clerestory in basilicas. Architectures,
consider since the ancient Roman period, serve more for people’s needs so
lighting is a good company that functioning with the building itself. Light
convince our eye sights to see and understand the purpose of each building. In
this case, I would like to show 2 difference Christian churches in 2 places,
and 2 different periods of time but include 1 same important element that
represents the spirit of Christianity.
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