LIGHT HELPS TO DEFINE, IDENTIFY, FOCUS AND HIGHLIGHT FROM SMALL OBJECTS TO ENORMOUS STRUCTURES.

LIGHTING IS AN EVER-CHANGING TOOL THAT CAN HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT ON THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A BUILDING, INFLUENCES OUR MOOD IN BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIORS, THUS BRINGS EMOTIONAL VALUE TO ARCHITECTURE.

MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE PLANNING OF A SPACE’S VISUAL ENVIRONMENT. SENSITIVE USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT CAN CREATE WARM AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT.

LIGHT CAN BE CALMING OR ENERGISING; THUS IT CAN CREATE A SENSE OF INTIMACY OR A SENSE OF SPACE.

THE LEVEL OF BRIGHTNESS, DISTRIBUTION AND SHADOWS IT CASTS, ALL DEFINES THE CHARACTER OF SPACE AND OUR PERCEPTION OF IT.

LIGHTING HAS DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS BASED ON ITS FORM AND FUNCTIONS.THE DIMENSIONS OF SPACE, THE MATERIALS AND FURNITURES, THE COLOUR CHOICES, THE SURFACE FINISHES, THE TIME OF THE DAY, ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS WILL AFFECT THE WAY LIGHT WILL REACT.

NATURAL LIGHT CREATES A CONSTANT SHIFTING OF LIGHT AND SHADE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT CREATES POCKETS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW THAT INTRODUCE TEXTURE AND CONTRAST TO A SPACE.

LIGHTING HAS DRAMATIC EFFECTS ON MOOD AND ATMOSPHERE OF INTERIOR SPACE DEPENDING ON PURPOSE OF SPACE, FROM BRIGHTLY LIT AND LOUD DINERS, TO ROMANTIC CANDELIT RESTAURANTS, TO MYSTERIOUSLY DIM NIGHT CLUBS.

SHADOWS GIVE ARCHITECTURAL FORM AND INVOKE A SOOTHING AND RELAXING FEEL. COURTYARD CARVED IN VOLUME BRINGS ADEQUATE NATURAL LIGHT INTO THE BUILDING.

GEOMETRIC PATTERNED FACADES ALLOWS PRECISE LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH THE BUILDING ,THUS IT CAN BE USED IN THE SOUTH AND WEST FACES OF BUILDING. THIS ACT AS LIGHT FILTER IN BUILDINGS.

HUMANS SENSE THE DYNAMIC FROM CHANGING OF LIGHT UNDER WEATHER CONDITIONS,WHEN TREE CANOPY FILTER THE SUNLIGHT AND SKYLIGHT CREATES A FLUCTUATING DAPPLED LIGHT . BY CHANGING ITS INTENSITY,PLACEMENTS AND COLOUR, LIGHT WILL AFFECT THE AMBIENCE OF INTERIOR SPACE.

AMBIENT LIGHT IS INDIRECT,SOFT, REDUCING CONTRAST AND SHADOWS. TASK LIGHT ILLUMINATES A SMALL SPECIFIC AREA. ACCENT LIGHT USED TO FOCUS AND HIGHTLIGHT THE INTERIOR SPACES,DIRECT LIGHT THAT GRAZES THE SURFACE OF A TEXTURED MATERIAL. UNDERLIT TREES AND ACCENT LIGHTS AIMED AT THE FACADE CREATE AN INVITING POST-SUNSET ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE BUILDING.