Daylight in architecture: a study of the correlation between spatial quality and human emotions

Abstract

A work of art is often a spontaneous expression of feelings. Architecture is another form of art, which is a creation of forms and spaces symbolic of human feeling. A work of architecture on the other hand is more than an "arrangement" of given things- even qualitative things. Qualities enter directly in to the space itself not as its content but as constitutive element in it. Feeling 'expressed ' in architecture is ' feeling or emotions presented as the qualitative character of imaginable content'. Architecture is so generally regarded as an art of space, meaning actual, practical, space and building is so certainly the making of something that defines an arranges spatial units, that every body talks about architecture as a "spatial creation". This basic vocabulary is capable of being enriched and made still more expressive by the emotive associations of light. One of notions which evokes a strong 'emotional' impact or elevates a space to a realm of emotive responsiveness is light. Space is in the practical world has no shape. There are spatial relations, but there is no concrete totality of space. It is a substrate of all experiences gradually discovered by the collaboration of man's several senses. It is a collective image in human psyche. But crucial thing is modern architecture fully ignored this essential quality and buildings are becoming technical and meaningless. Principle objective of this study is therefore to explore that how architect could contribute to elevate this necessary sense by emotive use of daylight. It is quite evident that light creates qualities, which are abstract in mind, when it strikes on a surface or passes through a space. This is the essence in spatial quality. According to this study has opened new vistas in to realm of emotive' architecture, which can be elevated by element of light.