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Daylight in Architecture (Steen Eiler Rasmussen ) I. Daylight in Architecture A. Daylight is constantly changing i. Cannot be controlled by the architect ii. However the same room can be made to give very different spatial impressions by the simple expedient of changing the size and location of its openings B. There are three main types of openings in which light may enter a room i. The bright open hall a. Particularly common in countries with warm climates b. Offers a variety of lighting effects in different parts of the room c. Consists of a roof supported on columns for protection from the burning sun d. E.g. Philip C. Johnson’s house in New Canaan, Connecticut 1. Consists of one large cell, a rectangular room about twice as long as it is broad, with glass wall on all four sides and a solid roof e. To most people light means only much light 1. However the quantity of light is not as important as the quality of light 2. A front light is generally considered a poor ligh

By scale we understand the size of an object in comparison with other objects. We often compare the size of an object with the size of our body. The first one to have studied scale and proportion in detail was Rasmussen. Earlier in the past there was Pythagora who had studied scale. As a result we always compare one thing to another. Scale has a mathematical meaning too. It means the measure between an object and a measurable quantity . In architecture scale refers to the relationship between the drawing of the building and its real size. We have a few types of scales: - Visual scale  (It doesn't refer to the actual size of things , but rather to how small or large something appears in relation to its actual size.) -Hierarchical scale (It refers to the variety of sizes in a art composition to show their importance. Usually bigger means important and smaller means less important. For example we can mention the walls in Egyptian temples ,the pharaohs are always in a larger scale