Finding Lighting Conditions
In searching for lighting conditions, my partner, Monica Clendenin, and I went to the Weatherspoon Art Museum on the campus of UNCG. As lighting is integral in displaying art and properly illuminating public spaces, we believed the museum to be a great place to find various lighting condition examples.
This is good example of a lighting example that evokes a relaxed response. This is a passage way behind a display wall that leads from one gallery to another. This passage way exhibits physical properties that are calming and serene and acts as a visual break between the gallery spaces, through the use of little color and a curvilinear niche in the wall. There are large windows that appear to remain covered by a sun-blocking shade which allows the ceiling lamps to perpetuate the feeling of serenity in the space. Most of the contrast in the space comes from the shadow and light play of the ceiling lamps and the curve in the wall. These shadows create subtle visual interest while maintaining calm and serenity.
The lobby of the Weatherspoon Art Gallery is spacious and its lighting condition accentuates its spaciousness. The floor is a highly reflective, dark stone and the walls are bright white. Additionally, the central gallery space is an atrium that has natural light flooding through the clerestory, illuminating the vast whiteness of the walls. The adjacent hall that leads to the galleries is lighted with warm ceiling lamps that help to delineate the space by creating contrast to the atrium. The specular surface of the floor reflects the light and shadow of the space which adds to the feeling of spaciousness in this environment.
The following are Monica's descriptions of the other two spaces:
My partner Shelley
Gates and I went to the Weatherspoon gallery as we thought we could capture
some unique light effects there since the walls are mostly white and they use
light to accent the art and space. I will discuss two of the four pictures. The
first sketch is the gift shop. This shop had an overall hazy effect. In the
picture I took you couldn’t even see the light fixture itself because the light
was so bright that it blurred out what was around it. The light was fairly
light elsewhere and this extremely bright light created a hazy effect.
The second sketch
is the Hallway. The overhead lights and the shadows they created had a
beautiful effect on the space. I also like how the light fixture paralleled the
shadow making a V shape. It made you want to just stand there and really
experience the space and let the effect soak in.
These next two are
the lobby space and a seating area. Shelley discussed these two on her blog. We
each sketched our two then traded off to finish and shade them. I am pleased
with how the drawings turned out and even more intrigued by lighting design.
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