No. 05
Note
Studio Lintel, Marseille
Light through an arch
How an arched opening throws light differently from a rectangular one, with photographs.
Light
6 min
An arch softens the edge of the light. Where a rectangle throws a hard-edged block onto the floor, an arch throws a shape that rounds off at the top and slowly slides across the room.
What we measured
In the House of Nine Arches we photographed the same room every hour for a day. The arched openings kept the floor lit for about forty minutes longer than square ones would have.
It is not a big difference, but it is the difference people feel when they say a room is warm.
No. 02
Journal
Keep reading.
Three more notes from the studio.
Process
5 min
We draw the way in before we draw anything else. Here is what that does to a project.
Materials
4 min
Three things we learned from finishing eighteen hotel rooms in lime.
No. 00
Next door
Read enough? Let us talk.
Send us a few lines about your project.