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Sunlight Recognition
This thesis aims to investigate the sun path movement and the impact of sunlight on spatial quality of architecture in terms of time. To derive a building methodology of using sunlight as a driving force in architectural design that architecture itself acts as a sundial but not only tell the ‘time’ to the people but work with ‘time’ in the light-sensitive programs throughout the day where public engagement is also involved.
The thesis works in line with Louis Kahn’s theory on sunlight, ‘You in the room with its dimensions, its structure, its light respond to its character, its spiritual aura, recognizing that what ever the human proposes and makes becomes a life.’ Since ancient times, sunlight is a tool in city and street organization and even the sunrise and sunset control people’s life to certain extent. Pantheon is one of the earliest example of ‘architectural sundial’ that it tells people the time within its space.
WHAT: 
Event spaces along promenade in Stanley, Hong Kong will be designed to demonstrate how the different usages of a space change throughout time according to the sun movement which integrates with the social engagement. Programs including performance stages, reading place and exhibition areas. Other two sites are located in Indonesia and Norway as their latitudes are in the two extremes. Design with some variations could be implemented in the other two sites as to demonstrate the flexibility of the design elements.
WHY:
Stonehenge is believed to be the earliest architectural device to tell people the time; Pantheon could be the earliest architecture acts as a clock while housing people at the same time. It is not only about conveying information, but more about the control and organization. Bruno Taut also brings the idea of using sunlight in the organization of the city. To continue the naturalism to contemporary design, sunlight could be the basic element to affect human activities and routines even in this alienation city that every place has its own condition that isolated from the external atmospheric changes. A sunlight-driven design methodology could be a possible way in social engagement.
HOW:
Stage 1: Basic understanding of sunlight through the study of aperture, volume and space with sun movement in three places, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Norway in different time.
Stage 2: Extract the properties and parameters required for the sunlight effect changing with time.
Stage 3: Derive a schematic design of space according to the relationship of sun movement with the programs of the space.
Stage 4: Promenade event space design in Hong Kong to demonstrate the feasibility of the sunlight-driven design methodology and also further be proved with design variations in Norway and Indonesia.
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