Abstract
The works of Alvaro Siza have been referred that they were not the theoretical architecture but the sensual and experiential one. His works were designed on the base of their locality that each of them located. For the study, I selected a work of him, which was the Mimesis Art Museum at Paju in South Korea, and reviewed existing literatures to understand how he controlled the light and created the architectural spaces and forms in relation with the light, and I measured the illumination levels of the inside areas of the Mimesis Art Museum, and then, I surveyed the visitors’ responses on the lighting conditions of the Mimesis Art Museum. The results of the measurements showed that the illumination levels of the Mimesis Art museum on the first floor were effectively controlled to display the art works. The illumination levels on the third floor, however, were much higher than recommended illumination values for museum because of less controlled natural light. Therefore, more considerations to control the natural light are needed to secure stable environment in the exhibition spaces. Meanwhile, the answers of questionnaires concerning the quality of lighting conditions in the Mimesis Art Museum showed that the natural light was so effective to light the museum although the natural light illuminated some areas of the museum with high illumination levels.
Highlights
The light incredibly influences the visual perception of people and their mentality, and evokesHow to cite this paper: Kim, C.S. (2014) An Evaluation of Light Distribution in the Exhibition Areas of the Mimesis Art Museum Designed by Alvaro Siza
I had studied the theoretical basis of Alvaro Siza who used the natural light as one of the most important elements in his design phase, and analyzed his works to understand how to integrate the natural light into his works
3) How did you feel about the lighting condition of the museum when you have viewed exhibits? The aim of the question was to measure the visitors’ satisfaction on the lighting condition in the exhibition areas of the Museum, which was illuminated with the artificial light and natural light
Summary
The light incredibly influences the visual perception of people and their mentality, and evokes. The light helps the visitors to experience the building in the sentimental and psychological manners by organizing spaces with the shadow. The light gives different feelings to the same physical space as time changes, and such altered feelings affect the sentiment of people. The light enables people to experience it in four-dimensional system by embracing the dimension of time when it is joined with the light In those regards, I had studied the theoretical basis of Alvaro Siza who used the natural light as one of the most important elements in his design phase, and analyzed his works to understand how to integrate the natural light into his works. For a follow up study of it, I selected the Mimesis Art Museum at Paju in South Korea, and reviewed existing literatures to understand how he controlled the light and created the architectural spaces and forms with the light [2] [3], and I measured illumination levels in the exhibition areas of the Mimesis Art Museum and surveyed the visitors’ responses concerning the lighting conditions of it
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