Project Proposal: Louis Kahn Exhibition

LIGHT

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CALLIE WALTON

LIGHT INTRODUCING A NEW TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE ONE CAN EXPERIENCE EVERY ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DETAIL LOUIS KAHN INTENDED HIS AUDIENCE TO SEE.

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ARCHITECTURE APPEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE SUNLIGHT HITS A WALL. THE SUNLIGHT DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE IT HILL A WALL.

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An interactive experience in which you can control the lighting temperature in each exhibit, to discover the ARCHITECTURAL lighting elements Kahn intended his viewers to experience throughout the day.

EACH EXHIBIT WILL REPRESENT HOW DAYLIGHT IS RENDERED THROUGH THAT SPEPCIFC STRUCTURE AT ANY GIVEN TIME OF THE DAY

THREE MAIN ROOMS WILL BE SHOW CASED BUT YOU CAN ALSO IDENTIFY MORE OF KAHNS ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN FEATURES USED IN HIS OTHER PROJECTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM

LOUIS KAHN MUSEUM A INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE THROUGH JOURNEY OF ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING

THERE ARE FOUR EXHIBIT ROOMS EACH REPRESENTING KAHN’S MOST FAMOUS BUILDINGS

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EXHIBIT #1: YALE ART GALLERY

EXHIBIT #2: THE SALK INSTITUTE

EXHIBIT #3: SHER E BANGLA NAGAR

EXHIBIT #4: THE KIMBELL ART MUSEUM

EACH EXHIBIT ROOM IS DESIGNED TO ENCAPTURE THE MOST PROMINENT ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING TECHIQUES KAHN DESIGNED IN EACH SPECIFIC BUILDING

NATURAL DAY LIGHTING

ELECTRICAL LIGHTING

SOUVENIR SHOP/ EXIT

SHER E BANGLA NAGAR

INTERACTIVE SPACE/ WORK DISPLAY

SALK INSTITUTE

EXHIBITIONS

YALE ART GALLERY

Design concept

ENTERANCE/ THEATER

EXHIBIT #1: Yale art gallery

EXHIBIT #2: The salk institute

EXHIBIT #3: SHER E BANGLA NAGAR

THE MUSEUM IS UNIQUE IN THE WAY IT PROVIDES AN EXHIBITION OF NOT ONLY KAHN’S MOST WELL KNOWN ARCHOTECTURAL BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO HIS MOST PROMINENT ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN TECHNIQUES. INSTEAD OF TRAVELING TO FOUR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD TO COMPARE THESE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, ONE IS ABLE TO LEARN THE HISTORY AND EXPERENCE THE ARCHITECTURE/LIGHTING DESIGN OF EACH STRUCTURE UNDER ONE ROOF.

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THE YALE ART GALLERY

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SUNRISE

SUNSET

THE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE COMES INTO PLAY WITH A USER FRIENDLY LIGHITNG CONTROL PAD INSTALLED ON AN IPAD IN WHICH THE USER CAN WALK THROUGH EACH EXHIBIT WHILE EXPERIENCING THE DIFFERENT LIGHTING TECHNIQUES EACH STRUCTURE CONVEYED THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

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THIS EXPERIENCE ALLOWS ONE TO NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE THE INCREDIBLE/IMMACULATE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF LOUIS KAHN, BUT ALSO COMPARE THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS THAT LIGHT HAD ON THE STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY

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LOUIS WAS A MASTER OF LIGHT AND BELIEVED THAT ARCHITECTURE AND LIGHTING DESIGN WENT HAND IN HAND. THE EMPHASIS OF BOTH ARCHITECTURE AND LIGHTING IN EACH EXHIBIT GIVES THE VIEWER A MORE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF KAHN’S INTENTIONS AND INSIGHTS AS A DESIGNER.

THE KETRA PAD IS A DEVICE AND SOFTWARE THAT IS PAIRED TO SYNC WITH A LED LIGHT PANEL, LOCATED BEHIND EVERY WALL IN EACH EXHIBIT. THE KETRA PAD IS DOWNLOADED ONTO AN IPAD AS AN APP WHERE THE USER IS ABLE TO CONTROL DIFFERENT ILLUMINATIONS FOR THE DAYLIGHT RENDERING LED LIGHT PANEL, IN OTHER WORDS, THE USER IS ABLE TO CONTROL A LIGHT SOURCE THAT CAN MIMIC DAYLIGHT FOR A SPECIFIC DESIRED TIME OF THE DAY.

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THE LIGHT PANEL ALSO HAS AN EXTRA SETTING FEATURE THAT DEPICTS A SUN IN RELATION TO WHERE IT WOULD BE LOCATED IN TERMS OF ITS SOLAR GEOMETRY DURING THAT TIME OF THE DAY.

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