The Effective Facades Lighting in Contemporary Architecture

Abstract

Since the design is less clear for the design idea during the night time, so, it is possible to enhance and activate the facades of that building at night using the attraction and excitement element, such as artificial lighting, and then building additional effects or hiding certain parts of the building. The search is limited to artificial lighting which is supported on the principle of stereoscopic deletion and addition in displaying the architectural facades in general. These visual forms are the result of the addition of a visible and intangible virtual stereoscopic interface, and thus, the addition to the building or deletion of part of it can be achieved, in addition to the formation of many interpretations of the building during the age of the individual. This could lead to the diversity and attraction of attention and staying away from boredom and thus increase interaction between the receiver and the building at night. Hence, the objective of the research was to increase the efficiency between the receiver and the building through the multiple interpretive readings of the architectural facade. Based on this, the research problem has emerged (the limits of the effectiveness of the facades lighting for the receiver in terms of multiple interpretations through light and shadow, and project it on virtual areas). A set of previous studies have been listed and then a cognitive framework has been built based on practical application. The results have been revealed that photo exhibiting illumination is better than video and flash exhibition which are accompanied by sound effects that create a kind of confusion, lack of clarity and loss the privacy of the building. The research also found that a large number of multi interpretations using deletion and shadow drilling, resulting from reading the architectural facade at night, does not affect its design during the day.