The Interaction of Daylight With Design and Place In Religious Buildings According To Modern Architecture

Abstract

ATIF/REFERENCE: Cengiz, M.S. (2022). The Interaction of Daylight with Design and Place in Religious Buildings According to Modern Architecture, European Journal of Science and Technology, (35), 195-202. Abstract The most important external factor that interferes with the perceptual effect is light. In other words, light is the most effective element for the perception of architectural work. Daylight should be considered as a building element in architectural place design. In this way, it is possible to obtain different and original results in building designs. For this purpose, the use of daylight in the well-known religious buildings of 5 famous architects who lived or still live in the recent period was examined, and the relationship of daylight with design and place was analyzed. This analysis has been compared in terms of the incorporation of daylight into the structure (horizontal-vertical or directly-reflected light) and the way it is used (symbolic-physical). In the religious buildings designed by the selected architects, it has been seen that the light is used in the place by referring to a symbol. It has been observed that these architects used daylight as a design principle, sometimes giving physical and sometimes symbolic meanings in their buildings, and daylight was interpreted as an element that would add richness to the designed place. Therefore, the use of daylight as a design element in religious buildings contributed to the emergence of different meanings and original results in the interior.