Thursday, April 24, 2008

Concept: Prospect and Refuge

Portray prospect + refuge theory through spacial configuration and manipulation of light.


Prospect (ability to see into the distance)
- brightness in view
- visual distance
- ability to get to a point for a better view
- horizon + sky imagery
- strategic viewing locations
- view corridors

Refuge (sense of enclosure or shelter)
- canopy effects (lowered ceilings, screening)
- variation in light effects (darker suggests refuge)
- enclosing surfaces
- penetrable barriers and surfaces for views out

Heerwagen and Hase - Characteristics of Biophilic Buildings

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