Precedents2

To capture the light I have been focusing on a large liveable space like a couple of the images below but to extend my thoughts, I am now thinking of possibilities to use the space without being like a house.  As my clients ritual is in the morning I have been thinking about having an empty room without windows etc, keeping all light out of the building apart from just the morning light. This would have to mean that the feature which allows light in would have to be correctly positioned so that only light would come through from sunrise until it rises over head.

Daniel Libeskind's "Ice" is a chandelier made from crystal shafts. Clear glass cells blown up into angular moulds, creating icicle-like forms. The clustered arrangement is suspended from a reflective triangular plate. The light shines through the glass shafts and illuminates the edges. The light as a whole is seen clearly and makes it a main feature. I could try incorporate this into my design by using materials that illuminate light. 

The image below is from Hiroshi Nakamura and NAP's optical glass house. The glass does let in nice light by also forming a waterfall like shine and shadow onto the walls, but this sheer curtain really glistens in the sun shine. I just thought this was interesting as I was really only been thinking of using hard materials.

This is from Chris Fraser who has created a box within his studio with this slit in the wall, using his studio light to shine through. This would look fairly similar to this all day, but I thought about how if possible it could just interact with a certain time of the day e.g. the morning - relating to my clients ritual.

These two below are by James Nizam - he is using artificial light to create these light beams - but I could try use natural light to create light beams/rays that were to light up a space.

Looking at the the idea of having only the light of the morning, I have thought of using this idea of light bending and refracting to fill the room but with only the morning sun. If there was a positioned slit or hole in the wall that would aim a ray of light at a prism then the light up the interior of the room.

These images above are of the "Endesa Pavilion" shaped by Algorithms, which is a solar powered Pavilion that soaks up maximum ray, the building sits just off the water at the Olympic Port in Barcelona. The striking appearance was designed by a piece of software to make optimal use of the suns path over the exact location. The angles and size of the modules means that more sunlight enters in the winter, helping to heat the building, and in summer where the suns higher, the inside stays shaded and cool. This building has the maximum amount of sun light within the interior and is also environmentally friendly. I could create a design that does use the suns path to maximum sunlight or as a lighting aspect.

This house is designed by Harrison & White and was built purposefully to maximise the sun and garden space. Sunlight hits the garden and backyard all day without the imposition of any shadows from the structure of the house. This was achieved by cutting away section of the house to allow both morning and evening sun to hit the backyard. This is called reserve shadow casting. I could use this technique as at every location the suns path is different causing the shape of the house to be differ each time. The ladder up the side of the house is an idea which could be sucsessful within my designs as the area at the top is of full exposure to the sun light.

The Heliotrope House, by German architect Rolf Dish spins slowly with a central axis, with the sun and traces the suns path, giving maximum access to daylight and using the extra energy from targeted solar panels to power the movements of the home as well as the lights, appliances and everything else. One of the first residential buildings to generate more energy than it uses up. The idea of having the building rotate or having circular sides and walls does create maximum light, as straight walls do block off a large potential of light. This shape could help to influence my further designs.