“Architecture for the Senses” by Christina Augustesen

Описание: Lecture from the 6th VELUX Daylight Symposium “Daylight as a driver of change” that took place in London on 2-3 September 2015. For more information visit http://thedaylightsite.com

ABSTRACT

How can we design buildings that stimulate our senses, follow our human needs and allow us to live in balance with nature? Buildings, which combine the use of daylight and artificial light and use the “double dynamic” potential of controlling daylight and artificial light, might stimulate our senses and human needs, as well as enhance the feeling of living in balance with nature. The use of daylight and electrical light in the new Novo Nordisk Headquarter is an amazing example of how proportions, materials and the use of daylight in combination with artificial light creates an architectonic setting, which stimulates the people working in and visiting the buildings.

The use of daylight in the buildings is stimulating the senses of the employees and creates a connection between a working situation and the nature around. Furthermore, the design of the skylights provides a strong identity for each of the buildings. The electrical light supports the daylight and the concept behind the lighting control and ensures an exciting environment during the daytime, throughout the evening and night. The presentation will demonstrate how the architectural concept and the lighting strategy serve as a main concept and establish a hierarchy between daylight and the varying artificial lighting elements. It Includes an analyses of the colours of the daylight and artificial light and how these elements are controlled in a poetic way - and at the same time provide a functional environment for the employees at Novo Nordisk. Novo Nordisk Building NN2, offers a spectacular sculptural atrium, offices, meeting rooms, a canteen, and a diversity of ancillary spaces. This building’s focal point is its atrium, which visually and physically connects the four stories and manifold functions. The atrium has been designed with 50 skylight baffles that poetically disperse daylight into the space and the building’s core. The design and direction of the skylight baffles influence the play of light and shadow taking place in the building throughout the day and across the year. Daylighting’s dynamic behavior juxtaposed with the design of the electric lighting’s intensity, direction, and colour temperature help to create the appearance of changing ‘ornamentation’ in the skylight baffles, as well as in the atrium and its adjacent spaces.

Christina Augustesen is an architect and lighting designer, and holds a Master in Architecture from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK), Denmark and a master in Light and Lighting from Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK. Christina has been working in the field of architectural lighting for more than ten years, in Denmark as well as internationally. Christina works with a holistic approach to lighting design, so that daylight and artificial lighting are embedded into sustainable solutions - integrating spatial, visual, aesthetic and technical aspects. She has a keen interest in artistic lighting installations and the study of visual perception, both of which play a key role in her on-going work. Christina has recently, in cooperation with Henning Larsen Architects, designed the lighting for Novo Nordisk new head quarter, DK, which was awarded the Danish Lighting Award 2014. Christina is a guest lecturer for Architectural Lighting at Copenhagen School of Architecture (KADK) and a member of TANTEIDAN and IALD.