Vol. 03 · Light first

Build the room in the order it is felt.

ExperiencePrototype

§1 · Premise

Most rooms are designed backwards: finishes first, light last, if at all.

Built in the order it is felt, a room needs less and holds more. Light, then material, then scale, then weight.

A room drawn in section, built up in four layers: the light through one opening in the roof, the materials it falls on, the dimensions of the room against a body, and a bench in the lit patch of floor. lit floorone opening plasterstoneoak ceilingthreshold span the reason to stay
Fig. 03-A · Section, drawn in the order it is feltLayers accumulate as you scroll
Layer 01 of 04LightWhere it falls, and what it leaves in shadow.
Layer 02 of 04MaterialWhat the light touches. Plaster, stone, oak.
Layer 03 of 04ScaleThe size of it against a body. Ceiling, threshold, span.
Layer 04 of 04WeightWarmth, colour and the reason to stay.